Rooted and Grounded

You have now seen the springing up of new shoots – the time of birthing. These new shoots must withstand the storms if they are to reach maturity. You will be like an oak tree – when the storms blow, the soil, which has become compacted, is loosened and the roots become free and so can drive deeper into the loose soil.

What are the new shoots? They are righteousness (sedekar, which is right relationships) and Praise.

Don’t fear the storms that you find yourself in. Trust that I am working in them, and will move quickly. You will experience great change and uncertainty, but you will be anchored if you are rooted and grounded in me. You will find that you will spring up to full maturity.

Ground yourself in my word, both my Logos (written word as presented in the Bible) and my Rhema word (revealed by Holy Spirit). 

Let truth take root and uproot all that is not of me. 

You must become a radical worshipper, abandoning yourself in my presence, and laying down your life; You must become worship to me.

Activation: Stand up and begin to worship the Lord with your voice. As you do, push your feet downwards into the floor and feel the Lord anchoring you. Now from that place ask the Lord if there is a specific truth he wants to ground you in. Ask him why this truth is important – is there some thought pattern or misunderstanding of who he is that he wants this truth to wash clean?

Colossians 3:16 (AMP)

Let the [spoken] word of Christ have its home within you [dwelling in your heart and

mind—permeating every aspect of your being] as you teach [spiritual things] and admonish and train one another with all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 

Ephesians 5: 25- 27 (NLT)

For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word. He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault. 

John 4: 23-24 (MSG)

But the time is coming—it has, in fact, come—when what you’re called will not matter and where you go to worship will not matter. It’s who you are and the way you live that count before God. Your worship must engage your spirit in the pursuit of truth. That’s the kind of people the Father is out looking for: those who are simply and honestly themselves before him in their worship. God is sheer being itself—Spirit. Those who worship him must do it out of their very being, their spirits, their true selves, in adoration.