COLOSSIANS 2:6-7
"Now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow Him. LET YOUR ROOTS GROW down into Him, and let your lives be built on Him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught and you will overflow with thankfulness."
Have you ever planted anything? Remember how small and fragile the little plants are in the beginning? They require greater care and tending and they must be watered if they are to survive. Remember how anxious you were that they pass that critical initial growth stage? Remember the pride and satisfaction as they started to bloom and give fruit? The Lord must feel the same way about each of us. Jesus is the water of life. Your growth in Jesus will be in proportion to how deep your roots grown into Him. God wants you to blossom and bloom!
As you have received Jesus Christ as your Lord, He now wants you to regulate your lives and conduct yourselves in conformity with His Word and plan for your life. Jesus wants your roots to be firmly and deeply planted in Him. He wants you fixed in place growing ever upward and with your roots expanding in Him. Your job is to become more confirmed and increasingly established in the faith. You will increase in faith the more you are taught by the Spirit of God.
The best part of being rooted in Jesus Christ is the flowering of your life. You will be like a prize flower in the Lord's garden. You will be so beautiful that you will attract others to your beauty. You will be filled with thanksgiving in your heart that you are part of the Lord's garden. As you continue to follow Jesus you will continue to grow and flourish. Then year after year you will continue and become stronger and more pleasing to God. The important thing for you is to LET YOUR ROOTS GROW.
