Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. (Psalm 1, ESV)
This psalm is wonderful because it tells us that the tree that feeds off of the life that God gives it will prosper!
Planted by streams of water and feeding off of that it will give fruit in it’s season and be what God created it to be.
This is just like the man who meditates on the law of God day and night. I preached on the text last week and my youngest daughter asked what it meant to meditate.
Meditate means to focus on, to have that be the center of your life. How many of us have God’s law as the center of our lives?
If we do this, we will prosper but if we don’t then we will perish.
So watch were you get your council from, and who you are delighting in. Delight in the Lord and have Him to be the center of your life, and you will be like a tree that prospers!
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