Psalm 1
1 Blessed is the one
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers,
2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
and who meditates on his law day and night.
3 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.
This morning I attended a men’s bible study led by Ty Cook, Senior Pastor at Lighthouse Family Church. Ty spoke on the first three verses of Psalms 1. That got me thinking about plants, particularly trees.
The Great Flood of 2016 left our back yard in shambles. The nasty bayou back up water stayed for a couple of weeks. After it finally receded, most of our yard looked dead. However, fall had also arrived and some of the brown might be attributed to that. It has become an issue to distinguish between the dead and the dormant.
We got some pretty good advice. We had two options. We could wait until spring and see what turns great or we could cut into the limbs of questionable plants and see if there was any “green” present.
We don’t always produce fruit like we should. Even the tree planted by streams of water only produces fruit in season. Sometimes not only are we fruitless, we are brown and withered. Perhaps we are just out of season and dormant; however, we might be dead. If dormant, we need to continue to feed on the Word and wait for our season. If dead, we need to reconnect and start over. Perhaps we are too quick to judge the Christian trees around us. The branches aren’t always green and fruitful; but the vine is still pumping life.
Thanks to Ty and the brothers for fellowship and refreshment and some thoughts about the difference between dormant and dead.
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