be planted

Do you ever get hit with a topic that's either controversial, or perhaps you know deep down you just don't agree with it? Often that happens to me and it's frustrating because I know that the Scripture holds the truth but I must take the time to find it. Even convictions pertaining to the simplest areas of daily life, if they're not firm, can blow away like chaff.

In Psalm 1 I read this morning about the godly man who is discribed as "a tree planted by rivers of water..." That word "planted" discribes a firm root system. One that didn't spring up in a day or even a month. That godly man is one who is not swayed when someone approaches him with a new word of "truth". He doesn't move when he's tempted with an exciting opportunity that would only require a minor comprimise.

It's interesting that the tree "produces its fruit in his season" while the wicked, who are discribed like chaff, have no seed whatsoever. They can't even produce a single blade of grass. Their fruit will not prosper and whatsoever they do will fail, or die.

So be rooted! Be planted! Seek the Lord in what you believe, but also know why you believe it!