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Daily Bread

Introduction to the Psalms

Key Verse: 1:2

First, a fruitful life (1-3). This Psalm describes two kinds of people. The first one is happy because his life is fruitful. He became this way because he knew what to avoid and what to do. He does not accept the counsel of wicked men. He does not hang around people who are looking for trouble. He does not join in with the smart, sophisticated people who mock God or his people. Like a fruitful tree that puts down deep roots by a stream of water, he puts down roots in God's word. He fills his mind and heart with God's word. A tree bears fruit in season because its roots drink from an ever-flowing stream. A person bears good fruit if his roots are in the word of God.

Second, chaff (4-6). A person without roots thinks he is smart and free--but he is neither. The Bible calls the rootless man wicked. He will perish in the judgment. Like the restless wanderer Cain, he is rootless, fruitless and miserable.

Prayer: Lord, help me to hold your word in my heart until my life produces good fruit.

One Word: Like a tree planted by streams of water