Grass vs Tree

1. Some comparisons
- Shallow roots vs deep roots
- Withers during season of drought  vs able to withstand season of drought
- Doesn't provide shade for others vs provide shade for others

2. Tough times, dry times, scorching times will reveal our spiritual condition. Are we mere grass or strong trees? Are we rooted in God's word? Or are we withering?

3. Are you going through a drought? Extreme heat of testing?

Don't be overly preoccupied with the weather/external/ circumstances, seeking answers as to why so hot, why no rain, why so dry, why so tough?

He will surely pour out His rain. This is in His control.

Look within, check your roots, check your condition. Ask The Lord for help, so you can withstand and continue to bear fruit till the next rains. Let your roots go even deeper, searching for ground water.

Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth. But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away. (Matthew 13:5, 6 NKJV)

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose hope is the Lord. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit. (Jeremiah 17:7, 8 NKJV)

Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers. (Psalm 1:1-3 NIV)