The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in Psalm 1:3,
"That person [the person who delights and meditates in the Scriptures] 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."
The above simile expresses to us that the righteous person, the person who does not go the way of the wicked and who meditates in God's word, is like a tree planted by streams of water.
I suspect that most of us have been in an arid location that has little rainfall. Not much vegetation, not many trees. Some locations are so hostile to plant growth and tree growth that they are barren. However, at times a river may run through an area like this and so the spectacle is a barren landscape with a river running through it with green stripes on both sides, stripes of trees and undergrowth. The Colorado River comes to mind...
Areas of Palestine are arid and feature rivers where vegetation only grows along their banks. Both the psalmist and his audience would be well acquainted with this natural setting.
I love this simile in that just as trees were created and designed to flourish in an environment that provides water, so too, man was created and designed to flourish in the environment of God's word. Just as a tree can't survive without water, so we struggle to survive without making God's word the rich, well-watered soil where our lives can thrive.
Recall the words Jesus spoke to the Samaritan woman he met at a well, "whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life." John 4:14.
I am also reminded of Revelation 21:6, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life."
Maybe that thirst you are feeling is a thirst that only God's word can satisfy and bring about some needed change to your life, "whatever they do prospers."
A blog with my ruminations over the years can be found here: http://worshipfortoday.blogspot.com/
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
"That person [the person who delights and meditates in the Scriptures] 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."
The above simile expresses to us that the righteous person, the person who does not go the way of the wicked and who meditates in God's word, is like a tree planted by streams of water.
I suspect that most of us have been in an arid location that has little rainfall. Not much vegetation, not many trees. Some locations are so hostile to plant growth and tree growth that they are barren. However, at times a river may run through an area like this and so the spectacle is a barren landscape with a river running through it with green stripes on both sides, stripes of trees and undergrowth. The Colorado River comes to mind...
Areas of Palestine are arid and feature rivers where vegetation only grows along their banks. Both the psalmist and his audience would be well acquainted with this natural setting.
I love this simile in that just as trees were created and designed to flourish in an environment that provides water, so too, man was created and designed to flourish in the environment of God's word. Just as a tree can't survive without water, so we struggle to survive without making God's word the rich, well-watered soil where our lives can thrive.
Recall the words Jesus spoke to the Samaritan woman he met at a well, "whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life." John 4:14.
I am also reminded of Revelation 21:6, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life."
Maybe that thirst you are feeling is a thirst that only God's word can satisfy and bring about some needed change to your life, "whatever they do prospers."
A blog with my ruminations over the years can be found here: http://worshipfortoday.blogspot.com/
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
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