A Flourishing Tree

I start every morning with coffee with God through daily devotions from Our Daily Bread. Today’s devotion is titled “A Flourishing Tree.” Adam R. Holz wrote this devotion. The scripture reading is from Proverbs 11:24–30 with the key verse, “Those who trust in their riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf”, Luke 7:13. My beloved children, grandchildren, cousins, nephews, brothers, and sisters in Christ, all that I write, I first pray to God to guide my words so that it will serve as spiritual food and guidance. I desire God to be my sole source of writing. All the credit goes to God, not me. I am his humble servant. I thank God that He led to use Our Daily Bread Ministries as my inspiration for comments.

When God created the world, it was perfect. God created mankind after His image to live in a perfect garden and commune with Him. God and man walked together. By choice, we decided to rebel. As a result, the world became contaminate with sin and we were separated from God.

There became two ways of life. One is hollow and barren. The allure of material things tempted us to believe that if we only had “it,” our lives would be happy and content. The world insists that material abundance equals “the good life.” The other way of life is flourishing and fruitful. Since the creation of the world, God invites us to be rooted in Him, experience His goodness, and flourish fruitfully. God reshapes our hearts and desires and transforms us from the inside out.

Reflect:

When has an undue focus on material things become a major spiritual struggle for you? What helps you keep your desires in proper perspective?

Prayer:

Father, thank You for the good gifts You give. Help me to keep putting my trust in You rather than the stuff of this world.

My Prayer for You:

May God bless you and help you to keep putting your trust in Him rather than the stuff of this world.

Our Daily bread Ministries (2020/07/06) A Flourishing Tree, Adam R. Holz, retrieved from www.odb.org 06/07/2020 A Flourishing Tree.