Day 304 - Trees

Thoughts on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength (Vol. 1) - # 309

         

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I love the “earthly pictures” God gives us in Scripture to show us the “heavenly truths” He has for us.  And, that He has given us all we need to get His messages.

Michael compares God’s heavenly truth with an earthly picture he was shown…and God gave us the enlightenment He shared with Michael.  Well, amen!

DAY 304

Trees

           

I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. --John 15:1

A certain tree farmer has taken the time to show me all the procedures involved in harvesting almonds. I have decided that the strenuous effort involved in bearing fruit does indeed rest on the shoulders of the gardener, whose job it is to prune, level the land, water, fertilize, mow, and out-and-out baby the trees in the hope that all conditions will be perfect for the trees to accomplish what they do naturally in God’s order, bear fruit! It is interesting to note that when the trees are laden with almonds, a steel arm grasps the trunk of the tree, an umbrella-type contraption is inverted under the tree, and the arm shakes the tree until it provides the gardener with his hard-earned fruit. 

           

God does it all. We need only attain to what believers do naturally as we are tended to, and sometimes God must shake us to get the fruit that is His.

Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point      Green – IT, Incredible Truth        

Red – GP, Greatest Promises

Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches           Pink – PV, Priceless Victory

My wife, Barbara, is a gardener and plant enthusiast.  Wow!  What strenuous efforts she pours forth day after day, but what beautiful accomplishments grace our table naturally in God’s order due to her difficult work that she calls a labor of love.  We also have flowers and trees that show forth Barbara’s efforts and God’s “fruit.”

Stop and think…Michael reminds us this is exactly what happens in our life as a Christian as God Himself, our “gardener”/”vinedresser,” pours forth day after day into our being.  And look at His fruit from all His laboring!

Our “job” is to start looking more closely to see His pruning, how He does it, who or what He does it with.  Life as a Christian becomes much more exciting as we see God working to give us more of His abundant Life.

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