Psalm 1:3 "He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers." (v.3)
"Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations" (Revelation 22:1-2)
How crazy is it that I just read this yesterday and today it comes again?!
The tree gets its nourishment from the water which make its leaves beautiful. But the leaves also play a part in the health and growth of the fruit that they bear. If the leaves are not healthy, the fruit will not be healthy. If the fruit is not healthy, other people will not be drawn to it and nourished from taking its fruit from the tree. If I am not plugged in to God's Living Water to nourish me, I will not produce healthy leaves that others might see and admire so that they, in turn, would want to take the fruit and be nourished as well.
You know that neon sign you sometimes ask God for? Please, Lord, help me yield to it. Help me be a tree planted by the water of Your Word so that I am nourished by You.
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