Lesson from the trees

Lesson from the trees

Did you ever notice that the trees willing let God do an inner work in them?  Not that they have a choice I guess, but we do, and most often we choose not to rest and let him work. In the trees he renews them from the inside out as they abide in Him. He works to strengthen them for the season of producing fruit.  They abide while He strengthens their roots to stand firm against the winds and storms in their life. They rest and abide while on the outside they seem to be doing nothing.  They look so stark and bare and lifeless.  But on the inside God is doing a mighty work preparing them for the season ahead of them. Like with the trees God knows the seasons that will come.  How often do we rest, really rest in His work? How often do we seek to merely abide?  To set all of our worldly striving aside, to seek to only sit at His feet.  To seek his will for our lives instead of thinking we know what we should be doing to please him.  Are we too busy with our self proclaimed works for God? Are we so busy that we can’t take the time to seek His will for our life, our day? What if God has a big plan for our lives and we are too busy to hear about it.  What if we are really missing God’s marvelous plan for us because we won’t stop, sit and listen.  I heard a good plan for 2012  “Make a  not-to-do list”.  Taking the time to cut everything out of your schedule that God has not called you to do.  Humm….  Now that is a thought!