The material presents the image of a man like a tree planted by rivers of water as the result of deliberate choices to reject the counsel of the ungodly, the path of sinners, and the seat of the scornful in favor of delighting in the law of the LORD. This law encompasses the total way of life that God teaches, including love and service in human relations, the use of time, and the handling of physical possessions. Such delight leads the individual to meditate on these principles day and night, producing the same characteristics seen in the tree of Jeremiah 17: deep roots that draw continuous nourishment, green leaves that do not wither, fruit yielded in season, and prosperity in all endeavors regardless of heat or drought. Access to God's Word, spoken and written instruction, and the work of preparation for the Kingdom of God supplies the living waters that sustain this growth. In this context the material states that individuals must examine their own hearts and minds, using the Word to correct and change their lives so they can be like Him, taking away the stony heart and putting in the soft, fleshy heart of love and the heart of God. This transformation enables full obedience, service to others, and readiness for future responsibilities in the Kingdom.

The six stone waterpots at Cana may symbolize the people's hearts, since vessels often represent people. Because of their hearts of stone, the people of Israel could not change and so could not have a meaningful relationship with their Creator. The physical nation was spiritually blind. It did not receive its own King when He came, and it could not recognize Him standing before it. Its minds had formed wrong habits of thinking, accustomed to focusing on the wrong things, following the wrong patterns of understanding, and reaching the wrong conclusions in spiritual matters. Man-made purification traditions, not found in Scripture, pushed God's pure Word into the background. Six, the number of man, marks these rituals as carnal additions to God's worship. Though the waterpots held between 120 and 180 gallons, an abundance of tradition, they held only water and no wine, which pictures what the nation lacked. The people needed to replace their hearts of stone with hearts of flesh.