The Witness Tree: Meet Me at the Elah - Paperback

by Gwen Clark (Author), Jason J. Clark (Author)

Some things were never meant to follow you into the next season.

Jacob buried his idols beneath a tree. Gideon received a new name under one. David took off armor that didn't belong to him, then later discovered that a sincere desire could still be carried the wrong way. Absalom held on to an offense until it caught him in the branches. Isaiah stood before a stump and heard God say that what remained was holy seed.

One Hebrew word connects these stories: elah. One kind of tree, standing at the moments when something had to be buried, believed, confronted, surrendered, or trusted.

The Witness Tree is for the reader who knows God is leading them forward but keeps feeling the weight of what they're carrying. Through six Scripture-rooted teachings, Jason and Gwen Clark help readers ask honest questions:

What has God already asked me to bury?

What name am I still answering to?

Am I wearing yesterday's armor?

Have I built a new cart God never asked for?

Has pain or ambition started making my decisions?

Can I trust Him when all I can see is a stump?

Each chapter closes with personal reflection and prayer, giving readers room to bring the teaching before God instead of simply collecting more information.

The tree is not a trap. God brings us there because His kindness is freeing us to move forward. And every elah in Scripture points toward the one tree that did more than watch.

The cross carried what we couldn't.

Meet Him at the Elah.