FRIDAY - 11TH JUNE, 2021
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
THE WISE TREE
Psalm 1:3, KJV
“And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.”
By the time this teaching will be ending, you will be seeing the wise man and the foolish man. These two are symbolized by the wise tree and the unwise tree. We were told that a man that does verse one and two of Psalm one will eventually become somehow. That somehow is that he will become like a tree planted by rivers of water with some certain qualities.
A tree planted by rivers of water in this context is the wise tree. It is a wise tree that is planted near a source of supply. Only a wise man can have the wisdom of correct association with a thing that will fuel it. What concerns trees that are planted far away from the rivers of water do not concern this other tree or person who keeps verse one and two. When others are dry and are savouring help; when others’ beauty have started fading as symbolized by their leaves withering, this tree or this man will still remain robust even in dry season. So, he can’t but eventually be a wonder.
Now, I want to teach you the importance of correct association. If you look at this man said to be like a tree planted by rivers of water, he doesn’t run dry because of his association with God and His law which he meditates on day and night. Developing correct association is necessary for survival in this life because hard times will rise. There is wisdom in knowing whom to join oneself to against famine. Even the prodigal son, he learnt right association by joining himself to a citizen of that country at famine (Luke 15:15).
Now, consider the man who avoids all those mentioned in verse one and what they may have to give but have God’s law as his obsession and crush to the extent that he opens his Bible constantly to see what is written there, confirms the latest things quickened to his spirit. Such man can’t be cut off. He will literally continue when other men (other trees) have gone out of services in bearing fruits (contributing their quota where it is needed) and as at when needed. A tree planted by rivers of water will naturally take succour even at dry seasons in the fact that he has a power house from which supply can be drawn. That’s what God’s word is to us. It is a supply that we draw from daily for continuous survival. At the time that the world is shouting “casting down”, that’s what makes us shout continuously “lifting up.” That’s why we haven’t felt tired or light in spirit or at heart. That word renews us, gives us energy and refreshes us. It sets us on edge and takes away what should have been bluntness. What makes a man that has daily contact with the word have a prosperous result can’t be divorced from the inspiration, counsel, warning he has received from the word he meditates on day and night. Do you think it is easy for one to take an activity to a level of day and night? That is like taking an activity to a calling level instead of operating at a common level.
If naturally people will not deny trees water so it can survive by either watering it often or planting it where it will tap the supply of water by itself, shouldn’t you plant yourself in the word of God? Shouldn’t you make it your delight? Why is it that I can write and write and want to still write without getting tired? It is because I have planted myself and plugged myself both day and night into a supply of God’s word for daily inspiration. If a tree that has known joy and daily watering because of its plantation by rivers of water (an association that feeds it) is uprooted off that location, do you think it will continue to manifest all the positive outcomes stated in verse 3b. Nooo!
Today, I want you to identify God as the first source to cultivate intimacy with. You have already being given access to Him at salvation. You can therefore have intimacy with Him. Daily washing of your feet in the water of the word of God is how you can maintain that relationship daily like a man maintains his marital relationship with his wife by being responsible in all aspects. After this, identify men that are rivers of water from which you can draw from.
PRAYER: Lord, make You and Your Word my obsession day and night.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 Kings 7:1-51, Acts 7:30-50, Psalm 128:1-6, Proverbs 16:31-33
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