I want to be like a tree

Planted by the stream

Of living water

I want to be like a tree

Planted by the stream

Of living water

I want to be unmoveable

Unshakeable

Let my roots go down deep

I want to be unmoveable

Unshakeable

In you

- Justin Rizzo (IHOP ministries)

Thinking about this, I also want to be like a tree, one who is firmly grounded in Christ. So strong in him that i am unmovable and unshakable in him. I want to always be by that stream of living water, thirsting after more of what God has for me. Never being satisfied with where i am and always reaching for more of him.Constantly being fed by Christ himself.
 
Too many times I find it easier to just be closed, not open to soak up what he has to offer me, it seems like too much effort, too much work to do and I let it slide by ,but it's not too much work for what is gotten in return. There is no price too great to pay to go deeper with the Lord. I just sometimes get too lazy and I let my roots stay shallow because I am afraid it will hurt to push deeper, afraid I will have to move stuff out of the way to go deeper...stuff that takes effort to move. Stuff that I am clutching onto which is a silent termite eating away at my roots, eventually leading to the demise of the tree.  Every effort, however, is worth going just a smidgen further...every ounce of energy I have to put in is worth pushing down just a millimeter further.  The Lord is just that good.  I want my roots to go down deep...no matter what I have to do to get them there. No matter what rock gets in my way along the way, i will push myself closer to God, because... without him, i am nothing.