ponderings from the first Psalm

Divine blessing will come upon the man who doesn't take wicked advice about how to live, or join in the lifestyle of sinful men (though he may still join sinful men, he is separate from their sin - as Christ was with us), or settles into the seat of those who scoff at God. Rather this blest man receives his joy from searching in the words of God, and he ponders his Lord's instruction continually.

Thus it is that his life is full and rich; and in his Master's time, he sees harvest and reward and multiplication. Still, it is not always harvest day even for this profitable and blessed man.

Unlike this stable, healthful one, the wicked's life lacks substance and endurance or even real profitableness. They will not measure up or remain when the tests of reality and authenticity are applied because that blest man's God recognizes him and his way, but the wicked will be utterly rejected and removed.