Jeremiah 17:8 (NLT) They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit.
We are to be like these trees. When a storm comes along, the tree sways but has everything it needs because it has grown deep roots to sustain it. It is equipped. And it keeps bearing fruit under any circumstances. The greatest testimony of the Church right now is our peace in the middle of this pandemic. Our self-control in words and actions and our stance of confidence and assurance speaks volumes when the world shrinks in fear. The fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) is promised to us as we follow Jesus wholeheartedly. In the middle of the tension that comes with being isolated, losing our jobs, grieving over injustice, reeling from political mudslinging, and oversaturated by media, let’s keep our eyes fixed on Jesus who is above it all and still sits on the throne. He is the way through this, the truth above the spin, and the life we can draw upon every day (John 14:6).
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