A DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE

 

A DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE

My blessing is on those people who trust in me, who put their confidence in me. They will be like a tree planted near a stream whose roots spread out toward the water. It has nothing to fear when the heat comes. Its leaves are always green. It has no need to be concerned in a year of drought. It does not stop bearing fruit.

-Jeremiah 17:7-8

 

In the landscape of life man’s search for significance is perhaps a life- long quest.  In this earthly landscape,  we are led to believe that to be significant, is  to rise up and strive, even overtake others,   by  becoming  famous, powerful, rich, influential,  and respected.  To be honored,  and given the accolades  hoping that the monuments built in our memory would remain among the living. 

 

No one can argue against that.

 

 In God’s landscape it is different.  He declared that He will be in charge in making His people flourish. He will take charge in making the lives of His people count.  He promises that if they surely trust Him and  He is their Confidence, then they will be blessed. Their eternal significance is assured and they will spring up in greater abundance like grass in a meadow, like trees  planted by the water which bear fruit in season  and whose leaves will not wither,  and they will have no anxiety in case of drought. There will  be no need for monuments to mark their passing for they will  be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of His splendor.