Reverence and Awe

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We enjoy the fruit from the tree and put very little thought into where the source of the nutrients are, the root. Spurgeon draws an analogy and suggests that Jesus is the root from where the fruit of our faith comes from.

If we expound on this even more we realize that the roots are also what provides stability and strength from the winds and the storms. Also consider what happens to the fruit when if falls from the branch. It is quickly overcome by scavengers and lays rotting on the ground. Let us cling tightly to the source of our strength and sustenance who is Christ.

We will not know or understand every aspect of this until the day we stand before Him. But until that glorious day our fruit will be the evidence of our attachment to the Source

Psalm 28: 7 The LORD [is] my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him.