Power of Being Root Bound

Power of Being “Root-bound”

Key Scripture:  “What marvelous love the Father has extended to us! Just look at it-we’re called children of God! That’s who we really are” I John 3:1, The Message

Power Point:

Sometimes I’ve seen plants that are “root-bound”.  They’ve gotten too big for their pots and they can’t grow anymore. There’s so much life in there but its never going to be able to be what it was meant to be because the roots have no room to grow.  Aren’t we like that with the things of the kingdom?  We are rooted and grounded in so many powerful life-changing truths but we stay in the same little pot that we were in before Jesus touched our lives. All that God has for us still has life but it will never grow because the roots have no good soil and space to do what they were always intended to do.

Are you more “earth-bound” or “heaven bound”?  Do you need to get a bigger “pot” for the truths of what Jesus did for you to grow and reach up to the light of heaven?  Did you know that not only were you forgiven “enough” to make it to heaven but that Jesus always intended that the roots of His abundance would have room to grow in your life? Did you know that you are a delight to Him? Did you know that He came to uproot every single thing in your life that the devil has planted? Are you aware that He came to heal, and move you from the old pot of lack and hopelessness and “just getting by”, to the new pot of faith, hope, love, and extravagant HELP from the King of kings and the Lord of Lords?

Beloved, every thing that Jesus died to give you is for you. It is there to transplant you from old to new. He is ready, willing and able to take you out of your tiny earthbound thinking and repot you into a new container that gives heaven room to grow in your thinking. He would love to take you to wide open spaces and plant a whole new garden of seeds.

In a nursery they will plant many seeds in tiny little pots and the ones that begin to sprout will be moved to a larger pot.  Ultimately that tiny seed becomes a plant that is meant to be repotted in good soil where it can reach its full potential. That’s exactly what Jesus wants to do in your life.  The truth’s of your salvation were never meant to simply be added to the old life.  They were meant to create a new life that is, well- “new”! 

What are you doing with the seeds of the truth of healing?  What about the seeds of God’s love for you. What do you think He really thinks about you?  Did you know that in 3 John God says, “I pray for good fortune in everything you do, and for your good health-that your everyday affairs prosper, as well as your soul!”  Does that truth have room to grow in your heart?  Is it time for you to get a bigger pot?  Probably.  Heaven is all about growing and multiplying the seeds of life in you. It’s a flourishing, vibrant atmosphere that brings “new” life that continually transforms old things. You were never meant to stay where you are. You were always meant to move on to bigger and better things where heaven can multiply as you bring it to earth.

Power Thought:

Which kingdom Truth needs to have room to grow in your life today? Are you earth-bound or heaven bound? Where are your roots?