you. The Description of the Godly
Man by J. R. Miller from Evening Thoughts,
1907 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the
wicked, or stand in the way of sinners, or sit in the seat of
mockers. 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 the streams of water, which yields its fruit
in season, and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does
prospers. In this psalm, the description
of the godly man is first negative. There are certain things he never
does. There are places in which he is never seen. He does not
make wicked men his advisors. He is not seen with those who
are evil. No one ever sees him among mockers. Thus the godly man is known by
what he does not do. There are certain things that
the godly man does. He loves God's Word, reads it,
and feeds upon it. He is careful to live where his
life may be nourished by the streams of grace. As a result,
he is like a tree in his beauty and in his fruitfulness. Fruit
is the test of Christian character. Then, the godly man's life does
not wither in heat or drought. It is perennial and lives in
all kinds of weather. Another feature of his life is
that everything he does prospers, not always in worldly things,
But even in his losses and trials, he is still blessed. For we know
that God causes all things to work together for good to those
who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose. Romans 8, verse 28. you