Trees put on new growth rings each year/. This new growth is a pipeline
moving sap up and down the tree. As successive years growth are added,
the inner part of the tree becomes clogged not allowing sap to move
through the pours. The material clogging the cells makes the wood look
darker. Heartwood is the dark inner part of the log. The heart wood is
stabilizing factor in the tree. I t gives the tree strength in the storms and
winds. The light wood is called sap wood. The sap wood is the part that
continues to pass sap up the tree to the leaves for supplies and
transpiration. After a tree has fallen the chemicals in the heartwood will
resist rot because of the substances within the heartwood.
Christian life can be compared to sap wood and heat wood. Sap wood is
the vitality of the tree. Christians of faith and service have a vitality and
life are like the sap wood of a tree. Their vitality needs a stabilizing force
during the many problems that face Christians in their service. Heart wood
can be likened to retired saints and Christians leaders through history that
have served the Lord before us. They have shown the way by the outcome
of their faith. They give stability, to the basic teaching and doctrines that
are taught in church.
“Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and
considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith.’; Hebrews 13:7
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