Lessons from the Coconut Tree
Have you noticed how most coconut trees grow along the
shorelines and how many of them lean out over the water? Have
you ever wondered why the coconut tree produces so many bulky
fruits?
A good look at the way God designed the coconut tree and
its fruit quickly reveals a good reason for it growing near
the seashore and for its unusual fruit. A coconut with its
tough and buoyant husk, its thick white layer of starchy meat,
and its own self- contained water supply, is designed for long
periods of floating in salt water.
When coconut trees grow near the seashore, ripe coconuts
can easily fall, bounce, or roll into the sea. For a time,
ripe coconuts may accumulate on the shore but sooner or later
a big wave will sweep many of them away. This is the way the
coconut has spread to countless islands and coastlands
throughout the tropics. We can see that the coconut tree is a
tree created with its own mission – to spread to distant
shores and islands where there have never been coconut trees
before.
