Planted By the Living Water

Colossians 1:9-10 English Standard Version (ESV)

9 And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.

Psalm 1:1-3 English Standard Version (ESV)

Book One

The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked

1 Blessed is the man[a]

    who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,

nor stands in the way of sinners,

    nor sits in the seat of scoffers;

2 but his delight is in the law[b] of the Lord,

    and on his law he meditates day and night.

3 He is like a tree

    planted by streams of water

that yields its fruit in its season,

    and its leaf does not wither.

In all that he does, he prospers.

2 Peter 3:18English Standard Version (ESV)

18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

As much as I'd like to be four years old and running once again through the sprinkler on a warm summer day, it's not going to happen.  God desires that His children not remain little children forever.  Grow, bloom, and bear fruit for the Him.  It's what any good parent wants for their child.

Johnny Cash sang a song about this.

I Shall Not Be Moved - Johnny Cash