Psalm 1:3 identifies the blessed Christian musician when it says, “And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water...” I like to think that the psalmist perhaps had a godly musician in mind when he drew this word picture of the blessed man.
First of all, this believer who is a godly person is planted (shathal-8362). He has been transplanted by Jehovah. He is not a seedling that merely sprouted as a result of the seed accidentally falling to the ground. He is a tree of divine planting. He has been planted in that exact spot as an act of God’s providence. God has placed you in his kingdom exactly where he wants you to minister at this time in your life. He has transplanted (shathal) you where you are because he is a wise and wonderful horticulturalist.
Second, he is strategically planted by rivers (peleg-6388) i.e. little channels of living water. We know that if he had been planted in the river he would have totally surrounded and would not have lived. God knows precisely where to transplant us so that we will receive just the right amount of His living water for proper spiritual growth.
Third, the fact that this tree is green is a testimony that it is alive and is a divine planting. God never transplants his ministering trees where they cannot put down spiritual roots deep into the soil of God’s grace and sustenance. He knows what he is doing because he is the divine Husbandman. It is our responsibility to trust His wisdom and relax with the exact spot that He has replanted us. Our God is a great and wise spiritual horticulturalist
First of all, this believer who is a godly person is planted (shathal-8362). He has been transplanted by Jehovah. He is not a seedling that merely sprouted as a result of the seed accidentally falling to the ground. He is a tree of divine planting. He has been planted in that exact spot as an act of God’s providence. God has placed you in his kingdom exactly where he wants you to minister at this time in your life. He has transplanted (shathal) you where you are because he is a wise and wonderful horticulturalist.
Second, he is strategically planted by rivers (peleg-6388) i.e. little channels of living water. We know that if he had been planted in the river he would have totally surrounded and would not have lived. God knows precisely where to transplant us so that we will receive just the right amount of His living water for proper spiritual growth.
Third, the fact that this tree is green is a testimony that it is alive and is a divine planting. God never transplants his ministering trees where they cannot put down spiritual roots deep into the soil of God’s grace and sustenance. He knows what he is doing because he is the divine Husbandman. It is our responsibility to trust His wisdom and relax with the exact spot that He has replanted us. Our God is a great and wise spiritual horticulturalist
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