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Monday, 26 September 2016

The Dry Cracked Branch - Devotional: Silver Rain. September 26, 2016




Walking down the road, I noticed a tree growing in an arid, dry cracked ground, without water and looked withered and brown.  I saw a man came, and attempted to break the branches.  They were so dry that they broke off easily and he took all of them and used them for firewood.

I set my mind thinking.

Another day, we were driving near a stream and I noticed another tree.  The branches were greenish in color, full of sap and juicy. It was not easy to crack them.

I remembered the dry cracked branches of the other tree and was inspired with these thoughts:

If we hardly spend time nourishing and feeding our souls and receiving the Word to nourish us, we can crack up and break down every easily.  A slight trigger can turn on the trouble and we feel withered and burned out.

When we are well watered and feed our souls spiritually, stress cannot take us down easily.  The work of the Destroyer cannot crack us and break us and he will eventually leave us alone.

Chose to live with "your branches full of sap" to be spiritually strong.  Chose ways to feed and strengthen your soul and spirit.

AMPC:  Psalm 104:16:  The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly and are filled with sap, the cedars of Lebanon which He has planted,

ASV Psalm 92:12-15:
The righteous will flourish like a palm tree,
    they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
13 planted in the house of the Lord,
    they will flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They will still bear fruit in old age,
    they will stay fresh and green,
15 proclaiming, “The Lord is upright;

    he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him







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