So God says you will be blessed if you don't get enmeshed with people who have abandoned His laws--His Word. Psalms 1:2 tells us that this "Blessed" person looks like this: "..his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law he meditates..." If you don't enjoy reading the Bible, you may have a case of the "Devil-may-care-attitude." (Or worse, sin-sickness?) You need a dose of living water.
Sunday, I drew a fruit tree on the board, and a stream of water running beside it. With apples on the tree, and apples that had fallen to the ground. And then I read the next verse of the passage:
"And that person will be like a tree planted by the rivers of living water, that brings forth their fruit in due season; his leaf shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper." Psalms 1:3
If God's word is the water in the stream, and you are planted in the right spot, (not walking in the counsel of the ungodly) your roots will draw water from that stream naturally. His word will flow through you as the Holy Spirit, and produce fruit automatically. It cures sin-sickness in a heartbeat!!
Galations 5:22 says, "...the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance..." These characteristics are a natural result of the Spirit within you. And within each fruit, there is a seed. A seed that can produce a new life. You don't have to grunt and groan to produce fruit. The water does the work. People are drawn to love and kindness.
And you don't have to hit people over the head with a Bible. But you do have to know how to explain God's plan, and explain how blessed you are to be a Christian. Why you get excited about reading His Word. "Be ready always to give an answer of the hope that is within you..."
Remember, it is the Word of God that touches a person's heart. "...His word will not return unto Him void, but will accomplish that which He intends for it to do..." Isaah 55:11. God is the one who saves people. He does the "doing." You are just the messenger. The only thing you have to do is get planted in the right spot. Next to the living water. Get going.
"And that person will be like a tree planted by the rivers of living water, that brings forth their fruit in due season; his leaf shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper." Psalms 1:3
If God's word is the water in the stream, and you are planted in the right spot, (not walking in the counsel of the ungodly) your roots will draw water from that stream naturally. His word will flow through you as the Holy Spirit, and produce fruit automatically. It cures sin-sickness in a heartbeat!!
Galations 5:22 says, "...the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance..." These characteristics are a natural result of the Spirit within you. And within each fruit, there is a seed. A seed that can produce a new life. You don't have to grunt and groan to produce fruit. The water does the work. People are drawn to love and kindness.
And you don't have to hit people over the head with a Bible. But you do have to know how to explain God's plan, and explain how blessed you are to be a Christian. Why you get excited about reading His Word. "Be ready always to give an answer of the hope that is within you..."
Remember, it is the Word of God that touches a person's heart. "...His word will not return unto Him void, but will accomplish that which He intends for it to do..." Isaah 55:11. God is the one who saves people. He does the "doing." You are just the messenger. The only thing you have to do is get planted in the right spot. Next to the living water. Get going.
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