God Plants His Trees in the Right Place

God Plants His Trees in the Right Place

       Jeremiah 17:7-8 states, “Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.  For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful when in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.”

       This Scripture passage reminds us that the Christian musician, who puts his or trust in the self existent eternal God , is a divine planting.  He has been planted by the God is not a god who was, but rather a God who is!  This Christian is blessed because he or she is a divine planting of Jehovah.  The trusting Christian musician is not a seedling i.e. an accident or a happenstance but rather an “on purpose” planting.  This musician trusts the place of planting so much that he or she spreads out roots along the crystal clear waters of the river of life.  Why?  Because the Christian musician knows that the water from god’s river sustains spiritual life.

       This musician is planted where he or she will be sustained when the heat  and extreme dryness of life comes.   I have always said to the ministering musicians that I worked with that serving Jesus Christ is not always “hipity-hop over the top”.  However, when the heated battles surround this musician, his or her spiritual leaf does not wither.  When the extreme heat of spiritual summer comes, this Christian’s testimony i.e. “her green leaf” does not fail.  Because his or her green leaves keep making spiritual sugar, as the pure water of life keeps flowing up to God’s light and spiritual photosynthesis takes place.  Therefore, the Christian musician keeps on making spiritual “sugars” and producing spiritual fruit during the year of draught.