Jesus said we will know [the
inner qualities of] a tree
by its [outward] fruit.
Our lives are like
a tree in so many respects. How so? Consider the following 7 relatively
parallel qualities between trees and us
1. Seed-sourced
--Trees come from
seeds planted, then unseen in the ground.
--We come from
unseen seed planted in a womb.
2. Germination/Fertilization
--The tree seed
germinates, then sprouts downward roots, and an upward shoot.
--Into us
God-breathes His spirit, thus we become a
living spirit in a physical world, designed with both spirit and physical
to connect and relate.
3. Taproot
Systems
--The tree’s root
system establishes a taproot, the biggest, deepest, most important part that
nourishes tree growth.
--We develop and
cultivate a spiritual taproot early in life, connecting with the spiritual
kingdom of Light or darkness that nourishes our spiritual development, and
influences our physical development.
4. Tripartite
Beings
--The tree develops
in tripartite form: roots, trunk, and branches, in that order.
--In parallel, we
develop spirit, body and soul (mind, will, emotions, intellect, imagination), in that order.
5. Branches
Clothed
--Onto its
branches, the tree grows leaves and flowers. These are the trees ‘sky
roots’, equivalent to its ground roots. From both root systems, the
tree draws water and nourishment for its ultimate purpose. 2
--Our soul is our branch equivalent, our
‘sky roots’, through which we access our physical/carnal world, and draw growing
nourishments, whether good or evil.
6. Fruit-bearing
--For the
fruit-bearing tree, its ultimate objective is to produce good fruit in its
seasons. Fruits develop from ‘pregnant’
flowers! No flowers, no fruits. 3
--God designed and
purposed humans to live fruit-bearing
lives. Our fruits develop from ‘pregnant imaginations', what Genesis 6 calls the thoughts and intentions of our
spirit/heart, most of which are evil, rather than righteous. (Genesis 6:5-6)
7. Pollinators/Seeding Imaginations
--Tree flowers have
ovaries that must receive pollen from
an external source in order to ‘conceive/become
pregnant’, and produce fruit. In all natural settings, this pollen comes on
‘the wings of the wind’, either via flying or other insects/animals, the wind,
or unnaturally via human hand spraying.
--We have a very
fertile spirit into which other spirits (human and otherwise) deposit
their pollen equivalent (spiritual
seeds, ideas, notions, beliefs, fears, theories, etc.). Only those seeds that we
cultivate, through persistent meditation and speaking about, take root, and
will produce their eventual fruits, good or evil.
So what’s your life’s fruit
saying about your tree’s
roots, trunk, branches,
leaves, flowers and pollinators??
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1 See also: Dirty Circumstances
2 See: Some tree leaves drink water
3 See: All fruits come from flowers
