Watch What you Do

Psalm 1:4 NIV
Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.

Today's extract becomes important in the light of the issues raised over the past few days. One of the most important decisions of life that we must take is the decision of WHO to follow, ask for directions and be guided by. If that decision is right, then the blessings of yesterday's thoughts become the normal experience. But if there is a wrong decision, then today's passage becomes an unfortunate truth for whoever refuses or rejects God's guide or instructions.

What God has done is to leave us with a specific set of instructions. He has not left us without hope or without directions. His Word is a compass that directs and leads, but will never coerce anyone into obedience. There must be a willing and ready heart of submission to the principles and policies of the Word so that the blessings promised can become realities in our lives. Anything else is wickedness, and as his Word has established, such a person will not have any gain or profit to hold on to.

Chaff is light, easily blown away and has no strength whstsoever. The slightest wind will blow every strand away and there will be no sign whatsoever that anything was ever there before. This is how it will be fo anyone who rejects God. There will be no root or fruit, so the slightest wind of adversity and tribulations will blow such a person away. Such a person relies solely on his strength and wisdom, forgetting that no man amounts to anything outside of his Creator. If you want to go far in life, go with God. If you want to end prematurely, go alone.

If you seek strength, stability and success, there's just one true source- God. Forget the razzle and dazzld that the world promises: even the devil tried to lure Jesus away with the glories and beauty of the world. What the world gives, the winds in the world wilk takd away after a while. But whatever God gives, he alone can sustain and no power can take it away from you. Rejoice as you seek God, for his time of favour is here.