And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward. For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. The zeal of the LORD will do this.
God saves us in symmetry. He gives us roots that grow downward in order to anchor us deeply and nourish us lavishly, but He also gives us fruit that grows upward in order to put flesh on what is happening down below. The top matches the bottom. The inside matches the outside. God gives rich soil and sweet fruit. He drives us deeper than we could go and produces more through us than we ever could on our own. The zeal of the Lord will do this: zeal... not an apathetic acquiescence, but a vibrant, committed, excited, assertive, intentional action. God wants to do this. He throws His heart and soul into it. He provides the anchor and the wind, He makes the seed and the blossom, the quality and the quantity, the character and the charisma.
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