15 Bible Verses About Blooming Where You Are Planted

The Bible tells people to settle and seek the good of the place they are in, even one they did not choose. Jeremiah told the exiles in Babylon to build houses, plant gardens and pray for the city (Jeremiah 29:5-7), and Paul told each believer to remain in the situation they were in when called (1 Corinthians 7:20). The picture of a person planted and bearing fruit comes from trees planted by streams or water (Psalm 1:3; Jeremiah 17:8) or…