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โ`May 1 | Bible in a Year: 1 Kings 10-11; Luke 21:20-38โ`
LIVING IN THE BRANCHES
Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into Godโs love and keep you strong.
Ephesians 3:17
READ EPHESIANS 4:14โ24
As I shared with my counselor my roller-coaster of emotions after a stress-filled week, she listened thoughtfully. Then she invited me to look out the window at the trees, lush with autumnal oranges and golds, the branches swaying in the wind.
Pointing out that the trunks werenโt moving at all in the wind, my counselor explained, โWeโre a bit like that. When life is blowing at us from every direction, of course our emotions will go up and down and all around. But sometimes we live as if we only have branches. Our goal is to help you find your own trunk. That way, even when life is pulling from all sides, you wonโt be living in your branches. Youโll still be secure and stable.โ
Itโs an image thatโs stuck with me, and itโs similar to the image Paul offered new believers in Ephesians. Reminding them of Godโs incredible giftโa new life of tremendous purpose and value (Ephesians 2:6-10), Paul shared his longing that theyโd become deeply โrooted and establishedโ in Christโs love (3:17), no longer โblown here and there by every wind of teachingโ (4:14).
On our own, itโs easy to feel insecure and fragile, pummeled by our fears and insecurities. But as we grow in our true identity in Christ (vv. 22-24), we can experience deep peace with God and each other (v. 3), nourished and sustained by Christโs power and beauty (vv. 15-16).
By *Monica La Rose*
*REFLECT & PRAY*
โ`Jesus, thank You for the overwhelmingly good news that the strength needed to withstand lifeโs challenges isnโt our own. Help us to grow ever-deeper roots in
Your love and our place in Your family.
When do you feel most โblown here and thereโ by lifeโs challenges? How might remembering your identity in Jesus encourage and strengthen you?โ`
HAPPY NEW MONTH
STAY BLESSED
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