Dig Down, Bear Upward

[S] 2 Kings 19:30 --
30  ‘The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

[O] This passage's picture of taking the root downward while bearing fruit upward aligns with how we should take root downward into God's word while bearing spiritual fruits upward.  The surviving remnant really refers to the active Christ followers in this generation and that means the deeper I lay my roots into His word and commandments, the more fruitful I will be.

[A] Unless I lay my spiritual roots down deeper into the unchanging God's word, I will be swept away with the whirlwind of today's cultural rush.  In the end, the people who bear fruits upward will be scarcer and people will be drawn to those who bear such fruits.  I need to find out how I may be the oasis in this dried up culture I live in.

[P] Dear Father, as one of the surviving remnant of Your people I would do my best to lay my spiritual root deep down into Your word.  Please let Your lovely fruits raise upward in my life.  In Jesus' name.  Amen.