Get Rooted

Posted : 25 May, 2014 11:30 AM

You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

� James 5:8





That is how life can be as well. Everything is looking great when, all of a sudden, a storm cloud appears. Something horrible happens. That is why the Bible tells us, "Establish your hearts" (James 5:8). Another way to translate this verse is, "Strengthen and make firm your inner life." The same word is used to describe Jesus' attitudes and actions when He headed for Jerusalem, knowing what awaited Him there: "Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem" (Luke 9:51). Jesus, being God, had full knowledge of all that was about to unfold, yet He resolutely set out for Jerusalem. That is the same meaning behind the word establish in James 5:8.



God wants us to be rooted and grounded, yet many Christians aren't. They have not taken the time to develop the habit of personal Bible study or the discipline of prayer or even regular church attendance. But God is saying we need to get rooted because our faith will be challenged. We will face hardship. And a storm can come, just when we're least expecting it.





Jeremiah 17:7-8



�Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its ROOTS by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.�



Colossians 2:6-7



Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, ROOTED and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.



Psalm 1:3



( a christian) He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.



Ephesians 3:16-19



That according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith�that you, being ROOTED and grounded in LOVE, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the LOVE of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.



Hebrews 12:15



See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no �ROOT of bitterness� springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;



Mark 4:17



And they have NO ROOT in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they FALL AWAY.



Matthew 13:6



But when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had NO ROOT, they withered away.



Matthew 13:3-8



And he told them many things in parables, saying: �A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, but when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had NO ROOT, they withered away. Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.



Mark 4:6



And when the sun rose, it was scorched, and since it had NO ROOT, it withered away.



Isaiah 11:10



In that day the ROOT (JESUS) of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples�of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.



1 Corinthians 3:16



Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?



Deuteronomy 29:1-29



These are the words of the covenant that the Lord commanded Moses to make with the people of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant that he had made with them at Horeb. And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: �You have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land, the great trials that your eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders. But to this day the Lord has not given you a heart to understand or eyes to see or ears to hear. I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn off your feet.



Romans 8:28



And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

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