THERE ARE SEVERAL REFERENCES IN SCRIPTURE WHERE WE ARE IDENTIFIED WITH TREES, INDITING THE PROCESS OF THE SEED AND IT’S PROCESS OF GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION.  YES, THE SEED REVEALS ITS’ DISCIPLINE EVERY SEASON OF FRUITFULNESS WHEN IT YIELDS ITS’ INCREASE.  BUT ONE THING THAT IS APPARENT ABOUT THE SEED IS THAT THERE CAN BE NO INCREASE UNLESS IN ITS’ NATURE, IT INTIMATES WITH THE SOURCES OF NOURISHMENT AND LIFE THAT ENABLES IT TO MAINTAIN ITS’ DISCIPLINE - PRODUCTION.

       IN LOOKING AT THE TREES THAT WE ARE IDENTIFIED WITH, THERE WERE SOME NOTABLE TRUTHS:  1]  THERE IS ABILITY TO FLOURISH  2]  THEY STAYED TRUE TO THEIR NATURE  3]  THERE WERE SEASONS OF PURPOSE AND HARVEST REVEALED  4]  THE SEED KEEPS PRODUCING LIFE.

Ps 1:1  Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Ps 1:2  But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Ps 1:3  And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

       WE LIKE THE SEED OR TREE WHEN INTIMATING WITH THE (FATHER WHO IS THE) SOURCE OF OUR NOURISHMENT,  FIND WE HAVE GREAT ABILITY TO FLOURISH AS INDICATED IN PSALMS 1.  WE CAN KEEP FLOURISHING BECAUSE OF THE REGENRATION PROCESS THAT HAS BEGUN INSIDE OF US.  WE DIE TO WHAT RESTRICTS OUR LIFE AND TAKE A NEW FORM THAT IF ITSELF IS ABLE TO PROSPER AND BRING FORTH IT’S ORDAINED NATURE. WE ALSO DISCOVER THER ARE SEASONS OF PURPOSE AND HARVEST AND IT’S ALL A PART OF THE DISCIPLINE PROCESS IN OUR LIVES;  ALONG WITH REALITY THAT OUR LIVES KEEP PRODUCING LIFE (FRUIT) BECAUSE OF THE INTIMATION PROCESS THAT GIVES THE INCREASE.  WE DON’T CUT DOWN A APPLE TREE BECAUSE IT’S WINTER AND IT APPEARS BARREN - BUT WE WAIT    

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CONT.        PATIENTLY AND WITH WISDOM FOR IT’S SEASONS OF HARVEST BECAUSE WE REALIZE SEED KEEPS PRODUCING IN THE CYCLE OF LIFE.  SO IT IS WITH DEVELOPING DISCIPLINE IN OUR LIVES, WE DON’T ABANDON THE DISCIPLINE PROCESS  BECAUSE WE SEEM BARREN OR UNMOTIVATED; WE MUST ALLOW THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE CYCLE OF FLOURISHING AND HARVEST ARE COMING THROUGH OUR PERSISTENT DISCIPLINE.

      ANOTHER INTERESTING REFERNCE IS JER. 17:7-8

Jer 17:7           Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.

Jer 17:8           For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

      WE AGAIN NOTE THE THEME  OF FLOURISHING EVEN IN SPITE  OF DIFFICULT CLIMATE AND SHALL NEVER CEASE FROM BEARING FRUIT IN TIMES OF HARVEST, BUT THE KEY  TO STAYING TRUE TO PURPOSE AND THE NATURE OF THE SEED IS THE RELATIONSHIP THE SEEDS/ TREES OR (US) HAVE TO THE SOURCE OF LIFE (SPIRIT OF GOD) IN BOTH THESE SCRIPTURES.

       JEREMIAH SAYS BLESSED IS THE MAN THAT TRUST IN THE LORD AND WHOSE HOPE THE LORD IS.  LET US MAKE SURE OUR FIRST PRIORITY OF DISCIPLINE IS IN OUR RELATIONSHIP IS WITH THE CHRIST AND THEN ASKING HIM TO ASSIST US IN OTHER PERTINENT AREAS.

LOVINGLY,

 PASTOR SHAWN