Tag: prosper

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 whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers. (Psalm 1:1-3)

Here we see that when we are rooted in and watered by the Word of God, we bear fruit and prosper.

But have you ever thought about for whom we bear fruit? For whom we prosper?

The fruit tree doesn’t primarily bear fruit to nourish and bless itself. Rather it is meant to nourish and bless others.

So with us.

So often, people take these passages and think, “If I meditate on and delight myself in God’s Word, I will be blessed.”

That is true.

But what’s more important is that through his Word, we become fruitful so that God can use us to bless others.

May we all be such trees, channels of God’s grace to everyone we touch.