DAILY READINGS: Exodus 27:20 to 28:14; Psalm 73; Acts 15:36 to 16:15

And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet
again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. 2 Kings 19:30

Judah had suffered greatly under the hand of invading armies and
all the crops were destroyed. If, going forward, there was to be fruit
where would it come from? It is a principle of horticulture that before
fruits come roots! Fruit upward demands root downwards. Planting
needed to be undertaken immediately and roots would go downward,
thus, in course of time, producing fruit upward. So too, spiritually,
we must be rooted in faith and love, in God and His word,
before we can expect to bear fruit to His glory. —Roy Hill

O multiply the sower’s seed! And fruit we every hour shall bear,
Throughout the world Thy Gospel spread, the everlasting truth declare.
—Augustus G. Spangenberg