No Roots- No Fruits

If you have ever planted flowers or a garden or a tree, you know that the roots are the most important part of the plant. They need the right amount of water; too much or too little will kill the plant. They need planted in the best soil. The roots won't have room to grow well in hard clay or soils with little topsoil. They need the right minerals, either in the ground or added to the plant. The plants need cultivated so the roots of weeds won't compete for water or minerals. Without a good root system, you won't have much of a harvest.

It's very similar with our Christian walk. We need to be planted in a fertile soil of fellowship so we can be fed and watered. We need the daily quiet time, the bible study and prayer time with God to build our roots. Without that intimate time with Him, we'll have weak roots and won't survive the heat of the world. We can't let the weeds steal our time or focus from what is His. Yet sometimes it’s hard to hoe the rows of our lives. If our roots aren't deep and strong, the fruits that we bring forth will be meager and puny.

We need to be planted like a tree by streams of water (Psalms 1:3), giving our fruit in season. Matthew 13:21 says if a man has no roots, he will last only a short time.

We all should know this. We all don't do this. Build your roots.