Behind the life of one who delights in and meditates on or ponders or thinks about God's precious Word is a heart, mind and soul that has been transformed/transplanted by that same Word!
As I was meditating on this beautiful Psalm I looked up the simple word planted and found that it literally means transplanted in the Hebrew. "שׁתל štl transplant [שָׁתַל] vb. transplant — Qal transplant (poet.); tree or vine, c. ב loc." Abridged BDB In Romans 11 Paul teaches us that we Gentiles were grafted into the Vine that is Jesus Christ. In John 15 Jesus teaches us to, “Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.” (John 15:4)
In Colossians Paul tells us that, “He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,” (Col 1:13)
As I was meditating on this beautiful Psalm I looked up the simple word planted and found that it literally means transplanted in the Hebrew. "שׁתל štl transplant [שָׁתַל] vb. transplant — Qal transplant (poet.); tree or vine, c. ב loc." Abridged BDB In Romans 11 Paul teaches us that we Gentiles were grafted into the Vine that is Jesus Christ. In John 15 Jesus teaches us to, “Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.” (John 15:4)
In Colossians Paul tells us that, “He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,” (Col 1:13)
Peter tells us basically the same thing, “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.” (1 Peter 2:9–10)
How glorious to rest in knowing that HE has transplanted His children, HE has adopted us, HE has given us a new nature, HE has transplanted "us to the kingdom of his beloved Son." Storms and drought visit every tree, but those transplanted by "the river of life" will bear "fruit each season."
Pursuing HIM together...drinking deeply from the river of life!
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How glorious to rest in knowing that HE has transplanted His children, HE has adopted us, HE has given us a new nature, HE has transplanted "us to the kingdom of his beloved Son." Storms and drought visit every tree, but those transplanted by "the river of life" will bear "fruit each season."
Pursuing HIM together...drinking deeply from the river of life!
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“Then the angel showed me a river with the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb.” (Revelation 22:1)
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