A Flourishing Tree

We are so grateful for each day in which we feel Your presence Lord, Your strengthening, Your love, Your blessings being poured out upon us. And the thought of standing firm like a flourishing tree (Ps 1:3 PT). Oh, how I love the image. This is not just any old tree; it is one that is flourishing. I almost sense the beautiful blossoms and sweet fragrance.

Oh Jesus, it is You that enables us to “stand firm”. You saved us! You delivered us! You have given us new life! It is because of You that we can stand and having done all to stand. Yes!

We are truly blessed! According to Psalm 1, we can know blessings every day of our lives. And that is because we have chosen to follow Your way and have put You in first place in our lives. You are the One to whom we look in all circumstances.

As the Psalmist further states, we have chosen NOT to seek advice from the wicked or to sit and fellowship with those who scoff at the ways of the Lord or scornfully communicate with one another. We take great delight in Your Word and often meditate on it during the day or at night when we find it difficult to rest or sleep.

In choosing to follow You, we have all the nourishment we need and cool, clear water to refresh us. He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water… (Ps 1:3 NASB). Therefore, we can exhibit Your awesome character, Lord Jesus, which makes our outward appearance beautiful (our foliage, our leaves).

In each season of our lives we can then bear fruit that brings glory to Your Name. In whatever You direct us to do, we will prosper. How could we ever choose to live another way!