I had to transfer one of my plants from the small pot into a bigger one today as it has not been growing. It isn’t a very big plant, but it sure made me work hard. Its roots were over grown, there were more roots than there was sand. It was choking itself really.
It made me think about how easily we can get comfortable in our own little pots. Sometimes we come to the point where we simply survive with the meagre water that seeps through the hardened soil. Many things tangle us up but they are all hidden below the surface where no one sees — hidden sometimes even from our own eyes.
God is doing many things in my life that are shaking me off my comfort zone. He’s getting to the root of the matter I might say. I can only echo with the Psalmist…
LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup;
you have made my lot secure.
The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a delightful inheritance…
You have made known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
– Psalm 16:5-6, 11
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