Sink deep roots in Christ and you will keep growing upward.
Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada. Remember in elementary school when your teacher planted a bean in a plastic container? You could watch the little bean sprout, sink deep roots, and then break through the dirt? Funny thing about that bean sprout – its roots were deeper and more complex than its little green leaf. In fact, it was only able to grow upward because it grew downward at the same time. And growth in Christ takes place in the same way. But sometimes we make a show of Christlikeness without actually having an inner life that corresponds with it. And no Christian can ever hope to grow upward that way. Matthew 13:23 says, “The one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred times what was sown.” So, friend, sink deep roots in Christ, and you will keep growing upward.
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