BE PLANTED.

“As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.” Colossians 2:6-7 (NKJV).

You will never see a tree floating in the air anywhere in the universe. Trees grow and become fruitful when they are planted, rooted and established on the ground.

Your spiritual life in Christ is likened to a tree (Ps 1:1-3). You can only grow and become fruitful when you are planted, rooted and established in the faith.

Some people profess to be Christians and yet their heart is not yet established in Christ. They are still double minded. They are floating around going from consulting familiar spirits, to unholy parties in the clubs, and then to church.

They haven’t made up their mind as to whether or not to follow Jesus only. But it is required in all who have received Jesus to walk in Him, not floating around, but rooted, built up, and established in Him.

Being planted and established in Christ is also evidenced by being planted in the house of God. I met an old man who shocked me to my core when he said whenever he gets close to a church he feels so wrong.

According to him, all the churches are lost, and he feels he has the correct understanding of pure doctrine and has made a reckless decision of not being part of the local church. He has been deceived.

Every Christian must belong and be planted in a local church to live a fruitful life in Christ. Psalms 92:13-15 (NKJV) declares “Those who are planted in the house of the LORD Shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bear fruit in old age; They shall be fresh and flourishing, To declare that the LORD is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.”

Hopping from one church to another is not the Christian way and is a good recipe for spiritual disaster. Be planted in Christ and fully belong to the local church. 

PRAYER

Heavenly Father, thank you for showing me the Christian walk. I declare that I shall walk in Christ rooted, built up and established in Him in Jesus Name. Amen.