”How happy is the one who does not walk in the advice of the wicked or stand in the pathway with sinners or sit in the company of mockers! Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction, and he meditates on it day and night. He is like a tree planted beside flowing streams that bears its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
The wicked are not like this; instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away. Therefore the wicked will not stand up 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 leads to ruin.“
Psalms 1:1-6 CSB
This is one of my favorite passages in all of Scripture! It lays down two very simple paths and the result of them. I love that God makes this so clear and now after 43 years of life, I validate it’s accuracy!
Do you want to be filled with joy and experience success ? Follow the advise of the first few verses…and avoid the second!
Do you want to run toward your destruction and feel like your life is just meaninglessly blowing away? Do the opposite of the first…
What a promise God has given us!!! Read it again…
”Great blessings belong to those who don’t listen to evil advice, who don’t live like sinners, and who don’t join those who make fun of God. Instead, they love the Lord’s teachings and think about them day and night. So they grow strong, like a tree planted by a stream— a tree that produces fruit when it should and has leaves that never fall. Everything they do is successful.
But the wicked are not like that. They are like chaff that the wind blows away. When the time for judgment comes, the wicked will be found guilty. Sinners have no place among those who do what is right.
The Lord shows his people how to live, but the wicked have lost their way.“
Psalms 1:1-6 ERV
Chose your own adventure…the best part is, we get to know which ending is a direct result of our choices. God help me to remember this every morning so that I would choose to meditate on Your Word!
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