We ‘n Trees

See the Lessons from Trees series here

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

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, 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