CHECKED   I’m hearing so many teachings today        on the power of positive thinking; All based on the Word      from what I have heard; Then, what is this ‘check’ I am feeling?   Could this be a dangerous subtlety,    with emphasis majoring on fruit, with self’s ability to be religiously strong    and never deal with the root?   Eve saw a fruit and picked it and ate it;   She even confessed it, too; But that didn’t changed what had to be done,   for the fixing of me and you.    To much concentration on fruit, like this   turns into psycho-analysis; If the root of the tree’s not producing in me   the thing that He said that it would.    It seems the next step is to ask Him, Why?  And ask Him to prune the dead wood.   To polish the apple when the root is diseased   will produce more rot and decay in me.   A high form of ‘works’ that gives you purpose, but the real decay never comes to the surface.    I’d far rather keep control of my life   and fix all the problems myself then consider the possibility:  I’ve been bought; I don’t own myself.      I’m not my own, nor are my possessions;  Not a popular message in the midst of    confessions.   We’d rather number the fruits of sin,    so the soul can have its relief; But, I’ve noticed that this only keeps me strong   while I’m walking in unbelief.   Then sudden destruction comes one day;    even thou confessing: Peace; Peace; The Root that’s created to bare the branches    is groaning and suffering grief.   Who’s been in control; the Root or the fruit?    Are you bold enough today, to go to His Throne and ask Him to show you,   so you can do things His way?    If it’s just information to make you smarter;   Your soul doesn’t need that pill; But, if you really see that something is wrong,   it’s time to ask, then, Be still... until you know you have heard from Him,   because when you are persuaded, nothing will knock you off that foundation:   your root’s been re-generated.   The fruit that comes from that Holy Place becomes                     substance that you hardly notice.                                                         because you’re so absorbed in a Love like this, that becomes your total focus.    Birthed from:  My spirit   March 3rd, 2005