Planted by Water

Still thinking about trees and water and came across this pasage from Isaiah:

For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.
They will spring up like grass in a meadow, like poplar trees by flowing streams. (Isaiah 44:3-4)

What a great promise. Our natural and spiritual children - those we lead to the Lord and/or disciple in God’s ways - will know the gift and abundant blessing of the Spirit. It reminded me of a promise God spoke to me some years ago and that I am continually seeing fulfilled:

‘your sons in their youth will be like well-watered plants’ (Ps.144:12- from the Slightly Altered Version!)

God has shown me again and again the importance of helping those I disciple to know, love and be led by the Holy Spirit. It is important for them to be well-grounded on the Word of God but also for them to be well-watered by the Holy Spirit who inspired the Word. You can understand the Word better when you kno the language of the one who wrote it! It is a great joy to see young men and women who are strong in both the Word and Spirit.

Let’s all of us look to God for such offspring!

(The tree in the picture are Poplar Trees, in China)