This past Christmas one of the women where I worked gave me an air plant. I had never heard of air plants before. They have no roots. My air plant is sitting on the counter between my kitchen and living room. It gets its nourishment when I spritz its leaves once a week. I must be taking care of it ok because it is growing a bit. It just seems funny, not having any roots.
Being rootless seems funny for a plant. Being rootless is deadly for a Christian. “As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.” [NKJV]
Believers are to walk in, or as some translations say, continue in Christ. That is only possible when we become rooted in Him. We must drive our roots of faith deep. There is way too much in this life that tries to constantly uproot us.
And being rooted in our faith in Christ Jesus requires more than just getting “spritzed” once a week in church. If we want to grow, be built up and established in Him, we must pray, read and study the Word, worship, and praise daily. An hour on Sunday isn’t enough. The world’s influence and the enemy’s attacks on our faith happen every day.
And if there is one “nutrient” we need to stay grounded in faith, it is thanksgiving. The first words from our lips in the morning, and the last words before we sleep should be, “Thank you, LORD!” They should also flow from our hearts throughout the day.
“Thank you, LORD!”
