The week before this sermon threw me for a few loops: These are the notes from the August 2nd worship: To read Matthew 13, parable of the sower, alongside Psalm 1 and Matthew 6 is the real blessing.
Deeply Rooted 8/2/15
Psalm 1, Matthew 6:28-34
What is the most beautiful or
meaningful thing that you have grown?
Under the lights, you do not want seeds to
grow too quickly, or they are stringy and don’t develop roots.
Well watered with balanced sunlight,
amazing growth happens
When a plant becomes all that
it is supposed to be, it is marvelous to behold.
Abundance is there is you
have the eyes to see it (my Father with Latin names of plants, plants teach me about life)
In every plant, there is an
amazing abundance of life. (even weeds,
down by the river, dandelions)
Today is the conclusion of our summer series: Praising the Lord with
symbols:
How are plants symbols:
the curse upon Adam in the garden:
cursed
is the ground because of Adam, through painful toil you will eat of it…It will
produce thorns and thistles for you…by the sweat of your brow
(we
can’t control the world)
The
olive branch in the Ark
Palms: instruments of praise, prepared a walkway for
the King
The
lilies of the field: God’s gift of life
around us
Psalm
1:
Blessed: not walking in wickedness, but delighting in
the Law of the Lord, meditating on it day and night.
She or he is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever she or he does prospers.
Great
self-analysis in this verse. Does this
verse describe you? Why or why not?
Matthew
6:
Last
week: worry cannot add to life. Implied that it can take away.
Today: God sowing the lilies of the field, more
beautiful that what we clothe ourselves.
Seek
first the kingdom
of God
Close the sermon with a reading of the Parable
of the Sower:
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