Rooted- Trees and Water

So in Psalms 1 we have this imagery of a tree being planted by the water. In the passage there are two trees, one by the water, and one that is not by the water. Verse 3-4 talks about the two trees. "That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers. Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away." Below I have two pictures, one tree by a stream of water, and one tree that is dried up. Next to them I have characteristics of each tree as taken from Psalms 1.

Blessed Man
-delights in the law of the Lord
-meditates daily
-yields fruit in it's season
-doesn't wither
-prospers in all he does
-righteous and the Lord knows their ways








Wicked Man
-the sinners and scoffers
-doesn't delight in the law of the Lord nor meditates on it
-chaff that the wind drives away
-way of the wicked will perish








So we can see that there are some differences between the blessed and the wicked man. Now this series is called rooted, and the first part of being rooted is knowing where you stand now, so that when you are transplanted into a different area, you don't lose who you are. So are you the blessed man, the one that is planted by the water, or are you the wicked one who is all dried up. It doesn't matter where you are right now, but we should all be working towards the blessed man. If you need a place to start on your way to becoming the blessed man, read my last two posts on meditating on the God's word and finding delight in his law. Sure it is not easy to be the blessed man, but when it is time for you to either go off to college, or move to a new town, or even a new school, it is important for us to know who we are in the Lord so that way we don't lose our faith in the transplant.

Dear Heavenly Father,
Thank you for wanting to give us life, and life to the fullest. I pray that you help me to become more like the blessed man who is planted by streams of water. Please spark that change in me so that I can be more like you and your love, Lord. Amen.