The Old Sycamore Tree (How To Live And Not Die) Part 2

Explanation of the Sycamore Tree

In the Bible, the Sycamore is considered a symbol of strength, divinity, and eternity.

The strength of any tree is determined in the way that it holds up in weather and how resistant it is to disease.

You can find Sycamore trees by a steam of water, although they grow in other places, and like the bible says,

Psalms 1:3

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

Jeremiah 17:3

For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

There was a lyric from a Rap song that says "Everybody dies, but not everybody lives". When I first heard it, I was really taken a back at the message it gave. It described me and many people I know. We can die, not knowing the extent of why we were created. What things were only possible through us alone? Just as each individual has their own finger prints, signature, personality and talents, each person has their own set purpose here on earth. No one else has the right to make decisions about the path we take. It has been determined by God. In fact those in authority must have the wisdom to guide not determine on the basis of one with gifts in certain areas. That responsibility lies solely on us follow it.

We spend a lot of time looking at the things others have and not paying attention to the things God has given us. He has given us these gifts to survive, prosper, and profit from them.

No one can tell the old sycamore why it was created. It knows its purpose and its destiny. It reaches high in the sky to connect to the only thing greater than itself. It surrenders its all only to God to reach up. The tree reaches up to its creator as a child reaches up to its parents to be cared for and protected. As it reaches up, the sunshine and the rain gives it nourishment and strength. Its leaves replenish the earth's oxygen supply. It also reaches down in the earth. It roots reach deep into the earth to perhaps find a rock to anchor itself. The roots go deep and wide.

Our relationship to Christ Jesus is described as a tree. The bible says, he is the vine and we are the branches.

The life of the earth is described through the trees God created to cover the earth.

For Adam and Eve, God planted a garden and put two trees in the midst of all the other trees and plant life, a tree of life and a tree of the knowledge and evil. God put a river that ran out of the garden (the first irrigation). Man would have done well eating of the tree of life. Satan described as the Serpent was there to change mans destiny, even as he lies in wait to change ours. Do not be deceived by the tempter to change your destiny.

No matter how old you are, you have to get back on track.. The only way for us to live and not die is to follow the course that God has set for us.

The sycamore connects to God above and to earth below and lives its happy destiny. God who is purpose and earth which is purpose manifested.

Thanks for the counseling, Nancy!