The righteous will never be uprooted, but the wicked
will not remain in the land.
When
my kids were small, we did a family devo on roots. We went into the backyard and I had them pull
up a blade of grass, which came up with no problem. We moved on to weeds, which were a bit harder
to pull, and then to shrubs, and on to trees, which were impossible for them to
budge.
The
righteous are like the trees, according to Psalm 1, immovable and strong. Nothing can uproot them because their roots
run deep and are secure.
The
second half of the above verse is not so encouraging. Those who don’t know God won’t remain in the
land. In other words, they’re like the
little blades of grass that have no depth, and they die in the slightest of
drought, and can be pulled and blown away to be no more.
A
blade of grass cannot be anything else. There is no transformation that will
make it a tall tree.
But
the wicked can be uprooted, transplanted and transformed – all by the blood of
Jesus.
Lord,
may the wicked become righteous…to be never uprooted.
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