Do not let your circumstances dictate your attitude. however. Dig down deep into your faith. Take the time to bother to get to know your Savior, your God!
“The tree on the mountain takes whatever the weather brings. If it has any choice at all, it is in putting down roots as deeply as possible.” (Each New Day, 1977)
Reading this today made me realize Throughout our lives, we will experience the blazing hot sun, the frigid cold, the beating of the wind and the suffocation of heavy rain. We will be weathered by the stuff of life. If we have any choice at all, it is to put our roots down deeply, like the tree on the mountain.
There is no room for empty religious rituals that make us feel good about being “spiritual.” There is no room for going through the motions. There is no room for the shallow and superficial. There is no room for looking good on the outside when the inside is a white washed tomb. (Matthew 23:27)
If we have any chance at all, we must press into the deeper places with God. We must spend time with Him. We must come to know Him and know His heart. Only then will we come to trust Him that no matter the weather, we will not be moved. We will not be destroyed. We will not be shaken!
We will, however, stand stronger because of it. Weathering the storms :)
James 1:2-4 “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”
