Down By the Riverside

I don't know about you, but I want to grow.  Not outward, but inward.  I have grown outward about as much as a man needs to grow.  It ain't about getting bigger anymore, but getting better.  How do I do that?  Jeremiah 17 tells me-
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
whose trust is the Lord.
⁸ 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.”  -Jer. 17.7-8  (www.lifejournal.cc)

I don't know anybody who does not want to be blessed.  The blessing comes when we sink our roots deep in the soils of the Lord and set ourselves very close to the flow of the Word of God.  When the heat comes, we shall sustain.  It is not about simply holding up, but remaining 'green' and continuing to bear fruit. 

May we all plant ourselves in the right location and sink our roots in deep...and be blessed!