I am holding here in my left hand a Westpac brochure. The brochure is all about home loans and it says, “Putting down roots? Choose the home loan that changes with you.”

The Bible says in Colossians 2:6-7 “So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in Him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.”

Rooted in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Are we rooted in Him? Are we anchored in the Lord?

The Collins Concise Dictionary says: root the organ of a higher plant that anchors the rest of the plant in the ground and absorbs water and mineral salts from the soil.

The Lord Jesus Christ is the water of life. John 4:14 We must be watered by him. We can only be watered by him when we are rooted in Him. We are the salt of the earth.  Matthew 5:13 But we can only be salt of the earth when we are rooted in him.

We find the word rooted also in the letter to the Ephesians, in Ephesians 3:17-19. That are beautiful verses.