31 Days of Weight Loss: {Day 24: Be a Tree}
Throughout my life I have focused on the wrong things. I have not only focused on the wrong things, but I have carefully tended them and aspired to grow them. I have reached out to the wrong people. Repeatedly. Wished instead of prayed. Gambled on sin instead of looking to the certainty of the Lord. In short, I have been a bush rather than a tree.
This is what the Lord says:
“Cursed is the one who trusts in man,
who draws strength from mere flesh
and whose heart turns away from the Lord.
That person will be like a bush in the wastelands;
they will not see prosperity when it comes.
They will dwell in the parched places of the desert,
in a salt land where no one lives.
I want to be a tree.
“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,
whose confidence is in him.
They will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit,” (Jeremiah 17: 5-8).
I want to stand tall and free. I want roots that are tenacious and reach the underground stream that nourishes my soul and replenishes my body. Standing strong through trials and bearing plentiful fruit through all seasons.
I can’t do it alone.
I need Jesus.
I want to be a tree.
I tell myself this when I don’t want to get out of bed or when I would rather seek the temporary comfort of food. When I am a mess in need of a Savior, I tell him so. We all need the grace of the Lord. We all need the faith of a single mustard seed to see enough of Jesus to move the mountains in our journey.
See Him.
Take the next step.
Even, if you feel small like a bush in a salt wasteland, stand up and take the next step.
Truth is standing right beside you.
And He, He is a beautiful Tree.
Praying,
P31Wife
