Ezekiel 17:7

Ezekiel 17:7 says, There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.  This is still a part of the parable or riddle, but it moves to a different aspect of it.  God said there was another great eagle with great wings and many feathers, and the vine then shot forth her roots toward this other eagle to be watered by the furrows of her plantation.  The vine had been growing and prospering where it was, but it was not satisfied' Sometimes people who profess to be Christians, and even some who are, become dissatisfied with what God has blessed them with and begin to look to other things to bring them satisfaction.   

Verse eight adds, It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.  Once more, the vine was planted where it could bring forth fruit.  If we are looking to anything other than God to bring us a good life, we may be successful materially, but the question is are we being successful spiritually and bringing forth fruit for God's kingdom.?

Verse nine continues, Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.  God told Ezekiel to ask the people if this vine would then continue to prosper after it had put itself under the provision and protection of another or would it wither.  We will never prosper spiritually if we attempt to live life under the authority of anyone or anything other than God and bring forth fruit for God's kingdom. We will certainly wither if we attempt to grow spiritually by relying on anything other than God to be our source of nourishment. 

Verse ten concludes, Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.  God said that if it were planted in the wrong place that it would wither from the wind in the furrow that it was planted in.  We cannot produce fruit for God if we are not planted in His will.