281. Grow the low tree and dry tree
Ezekiel 17:24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish; I the Lord have spoken and have done it.
A common theme with a promise in Scripture is the bringing down of the proud and the raising up of the humble. God gives grace to the humble, who sense their need of God and His Grace. Just as the Lord will raise us up from the dead so also He will exalt us to the highest places of heaven. If we are dead and buried with Christ by Baptism and faith so we will rise with Him, ascend with Him, and be seated with Him in the heavenly places. There we rule with Him over the Enemies who would destroy us.
We are the low tree, which the Lord promises to exalt. The lowly of this world who are connected to Christ by faith will be exalted with Him. Trusting this promise we are able to endure with grace any and every worldly humiliation and suffering, for we know that life in the world is temporary and it will pass. We wait in faith for the Day when our Lord Jesus Christ will come, raise us up, and lift us to an exalted position in eternal glory. That day will come. Wait for it. While all the glory, wealth and pleasures of this world will pass away, what God is working inside us is lasting glory, exceeding spiritual riches, and pleasures forevermore. This inheritance is guaranteed. For now, we have the seal of this inheritance in the heavens, which is the Holy Spirit. He assures through the Word that what we are waiting for we already have in the spiritual kingdom of God within. We live by that faith, not by sight.
We are the dry tree, which God promises that He will make flourish. The flourishing and growth of life is unseen to human eyes, but God sees, and faith sees. We can count on the Spirit of God to water our naturally born dry spirit as we are born again to a living hope. We have a renewed spirit and a newness of life. God promises newness, freshness, cleansing, watering, flourishing, and new growth. We trust the Lord to use His Word to make good things happen in the midst of bad things happening. In God’s wisdom and supernatural working through the Word He works it all out together for good. The promise: you, the dry tree, will flourish. If you could only see inside you to see the beauty and life that God sees!