With dandelion digger in hand, I moved into attack mode to eradicate the pesky dandelions from our yard. And while I don’t care to lay eyes on another one anywhere in my yard, I wondered, why do they thrive so?
That eventual white ball of featherweight seeds ready to fly is one answer. Dandelions constantly proliferate.
Another answer is their root. The dandelion I pulled up a few days ago had a 9.5 inch root ! That equals more than 3 times the size of the plant. No wonder dandelions thrive and don’t go away easily. See any spiritual parallel?
What a picture of Psalm 1 that says blessed is the man (or woman) who delights in the Word of God and meditates on it day and night. For he will be like a tree planted by the water. A tree with deep roots. A tree full of leaves and loaded with fruit.
Where are your roots? How deep are they? What do you delight in? If we are not in God’s Word regularly for ourselves (and obeying it), our roots cannot grow deep. Spiritual growth stagnates. And it will be much easier to live like the world.
Let's grow our roots in the right place.
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