Tree Roots.

Trees have roots.  Some trees have deep, strong roots.  Other trees have short, shallow, weak roots.  Do you know what makes that difference?  It's how the tree is being watered.

In some places there are underground springs that the trees receive their nourishment from.  The roots have to reach further and further down in order to find what they need to survive.  And as a result, they are strongly rooted and produce fruit, even when there has been no rain for a while.

On the other hand, in some places there is no ground water, so the trees are nourished from above.  Sprinklers or rainfall provides the tree with water so the roots have no need to grow down deep.  They just stay on the surface and take what is given to them.  They don't dig deep, through clay and rocks and soil to find nourishment.  And as a result, these trees stop producing fruit and begin to wilt as soon as the sprinkler fails to provide and the heavens remain dry.

What type of tree are you?  Do you wilt as soon as the drought appears?  Or do dry times just cause you to reach down further and further until you find water again?

"He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit." 

Jeremiah 17:8