Psalm 1:1-4 says:
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
Notice the contrast in these verses. The righteous man is stable, like a tree planted by streams of water. The wicked on the other hand, are blown away by the storms of life, like chaff in the wind. The secret to spiritual stability is regular meditation on God’s word.
Those who aren’t rooted in the word of God are blown away by the trials of life. When a trial comes, they lose their peace, their marriage suffers, joy is nonexistent, and life itself becomes drudgery. On the other hand, those who have sunk their roots deep into the word of God flourish in the midst of trials. The word of God allows us to stand in the eye of the storm, to be at peace when life is dissolving around us.
I want spiritual stability. I know without a doubt that I’ll suffer in this life, and I want to be prepared for that suffering. I want peace in the midst of suffering, to be able to rest in the midst of the storm. I don’t want to be blown about by the trials that come my way. So I must meditate on the word of God. Every time I crack open my Bible, I am sinking my roots just a bit deeper into the soil of God’s word. I am readying myself for the storm.
Do you want to flourish in the midst of suffering? Then sink your roots deep into God’s word.
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The anchor in the storms of life is the precious word of the Living God because the Word is anointed and powerfull and God's Word is Life. To spend time with God in His word will do a soul more good than anything you can spend time with..and time is such a limited commodity.No wonder the enemy of our souls does everything he can to distract and pull us away from meditating on the Lord and His Word, for he knows well the power we posses when we learn to weild the sword of the spirit.The devil is always after the Word and is ready to swoop down to steal it away whenever he can.Even faith itself which is compared to a mustard seed that sprouts into a tree that can perch birds of prey in it's branches gives us a picture of the enemy waiting to steal away the precious seed of the word.!