The book of Psalms begins with
"Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.
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, which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish."
Psalm 1 [NIV]
The picture of a tree by water is one of contentment and satisfaction, of fulfillment and fruitfulness. There isn't a better place for a tree to be.
Being in the right place with God is a place of blessing, living according to God's law and enjoying God's provision.
Unlike a tree, we have a continual choice to stay in that place of obedience and relationship with God, that place of knowing his friendship and refreshing.
Tim Norman
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