Rooted in Scripture: Delight, Meditate, Bear Fruit

The note here, the season does not dictate the color of the leaves. Did you hear me? Season does not dictate the color of the leaves. The tree may go through drought or storm. It will remain and continue to bear fruit because it is rooted well. [01:09:30] (19 seconds)  #RootedNotShaken

See, when we encounter scripture, we see that we're more sinful than we realize and we're more loved than we can imagine. The result is when we study scripture, we delight in it. We are put in our proper place with reference to our creator and we are lifted up by his grace to what our potential could be. [01:01:02] (18 seconds)  #GraceAndTruthInScripture

That person, all they do prospers because those who know that God's walks with them and are filled with the knowledge of his word and his spirit cannot be stopped. That person is faithful season upon season. They can weather any storm. When the world looks at them and says, why is that happening to you, Christian? That seems terrible. When Satan whispers into your heart, your God doesn't love you, you say, no, the truth of the scripture is this because I know it and I've repeated it to my heart. [01:08:07] (34 seconds)  #ScriptureSteadiesFaith

Sometimes though we view scripture like your iPhone manual. You should also read your iPhone manual. Or you could just fiddle around with it until you got yourself in a heap of trouble, then you crack that bad boy open. Or you still don't crack it open because you think, I'm just gonna talk to somebody who knows something about how this thing works. Sometimes, that's how we approach scripture. I don't really know that it's gonna be relevant. I'm pretty sure it's not gonna be interesting. I'm not gonna read it unless I get in a jam. I mean, I'm gonna maybe not even then. I'll ask somebody who knows something about what's in there. [00:52:22] (44 seconds)  #BibleNotJustAManual

Through the work of rebuking and correcting, God helps us to see our dependence on him. He shows us our shortcomings compared with the standard of holiness that we should strive for, the standard that God requires. Seeing our true selves in scripture is sometimes painful and always, always uplifting. [01:00:41] (21 seconds)  #CorrectionLeadsToGrowth

We can have joy and peace and patience and kindness and goodness and faithfulness and gentleness and self control and abundance. We can have the kind of faith that allows us to weather any storm that comes no matter what because we are rooted in deep. So whatever comes, we are steady. We are not shaken or uprooted. Let's walk toward greater righteousness, and let's share with a wicked world that desperately needs to know these words. [01:14:04] (34 seconds)  #RootedFruitfulFaith

It was amazing at all the things I was able to do, and I was very surprised to go to the college football hall of fame and find myself there. That's what will happen in scripture. You approach it to find who he is. He reveals to you who you are. And just like me at the College Football Hall of Fame, you will have delight. So the bible shows us who we are, but we shouldn't go there looking for ourselves. We should go to scripture to find God. [01:00:00] (27 seconds)  #SearchScriptureForGod

These are familiar postures kinda like we see in Psalm one, the context of talking about when you're going. So you're sleeping and you're getting up and you're walking on the road and when you're in the car and when you're eating breakfast and all the things that your life is you're doing in life, you are reminding your heart and those around you of the truth of scripture. I heard it once said, what you consume consumes you. [01:05:04] (25 seconds)  #LiveScriptureDaily