In the homework we were asked to draw a picture of the images in the dream. I can hardly draw a stick figure, so let's do a picture study instead!
Daniel 4: 10-12 " `While I was lying in my bed, this is what I dreamed. I saw a large tree in the middle of the earth. The tree grew very tall and strong, reaching high into the heavens for all the world to see. It had fresh green leaves, and it was loaded with fruit for all to eat. Wild animals lived in its shade, and birds nested in its branches. All the world was fed from this tree.
A large flourishing tree reaching to the heavens...
Wild animals lived in its shade...
birds nested in its branches...
Imagine the size and beauty of a tree that can feed the entire world!!!
Now imagine it being cut down...
But there is so much more to it than that! God will cut down what needs to be cut out of us but he will not destroy us! As it says in the homework... His desire is to "re-grow us free from the fruit-rotting parasite of pride. God is not trying to destroy us. He's trying to keep us from destroying ourselves."
If we have been cut down or hit 'rock-bottom' we can look up and see that all that is left is God guiding our re-growth!
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