One of my favorite things to do is pray the Psalms. The rich revelation that is released is like honey dripping from the comb. Oh the sweetness of God’s word, there is no taste I crave more! Today, Psalm 1 led me in prayer and where it took me brought great delight to my soul. Join me this morning on a prayer journey in Psalm 1.

Two people are described in this Psalm, one is blessed and the other is wicked. The ways these people walk, talk, act are identified so clearly, it is not hard to know which one we are. The blessed man is planted by streams of water, delighting and meditating day and night on God’s words; bearing fruit in season. The wicked on the other hand is sinning, scoffing and speaking counsel that does not benefit the hearer. The Bible say, “The wicked are like chaff which the wind drives away.” The righteous is strong, stable, steady, but the wicked is like chaff ready to be blown away. The demarcation could not be more obvious.

Two things struck me today, one was how the wind can so easily blow away the chaff. If we don’t like the wickedness we see, all we have to do is call for the east wind to blow and scatter the wicked from our land; or call for the four winds to blow and remove the wicked from our nation. Wind is the answer for the wicked to be removed. The second thing was how the righteous bear seasonal fruit. I am helping a friend who is a private chef and I am learning a lot about food. Just the other day we were looking for pomegranates and she said, it is not in season, that is why it is hard to find.

Fruits have seasons and when we know what fruit is in season, we will know where to find our harvest for that season of our life. Friends, if you are struggling to find the fruit for your season, maybe it is because that fruit is not in season, but there is one that is. Stop trying to find pomegranates in blueberry season. You may have to change the recipe a bit, but you will not have to strive to find something that is not in season, when there is an abundance of fruit for this season if you know what you are looking for.

One final word from this Psalm, even though not all fruit is in season all year long, we do have leaves that do not wither if we remain planted by streams of water and Revelation 22 says those leaves we have are for the healing of the nations. What a mighty God we serve, who knows what season fruit we are being given for food and for never letting our leaves wither for He is always about the healing of nations.