“God charts the road you take. The road the wicked take is Skid Row.” ~King David

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Blossom, Fruit, Jesus, Psalm 1, Skid Row, Wicked, Wise Sayings

There is a distinction between those that God has redeemed and those he hasn’t. Those in right standing with Him are like the tree of life replanted in Eden.

Eternal life is mine. I will never loose my fruit. I will never drop a leaf. I will always blossom.

Another way of seeing it is the road we are on with Jesus. The redeemed have our way laid out by God. The wicked are on Skid Row.

May I stay on the road with Jesus and bear fruit for His world.

You’re a tree replanted in Eden, bearing fresh fruit every month, Never dropping a leaf, always in blossom. You’re not at all like the wicked, who are mere windblown dust— Without defense in court, unfit company for innocent people. God charts the road you take. The road they take is Skid Row. Psalm 1:3-6

“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you.” ~God

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Ezekiel 36, Heart, Holy Spirit, Jesus, John Eldredge, Messiah, Wicked

Heart after God

It is all about our heart. Jesus, the Messiah and our Master, has given us a new heart. We must focus on that reality. My old, wicked and devious ways are gone. God has removed them.

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. (Ezek. 36:26–27)

God is so very good to us. We didn’t ask to be redeemed and have our heart replaced. God did it on his own because of his love for us.

“This we now know: the heart is central. It matters—deeply. When we see with the eyes of the heart, which is to say, when we see mythically, we begin to awaken, and what we discover is that things are not what they seem. We are at war. We must fight for the life God intends for us, which is to say, we must fight for our heart, for it is the wellspring of that life within us.

“Standing in the way of the path to life—the way of the heart— is a monstrous barrier. It has stopped far too many pilgrims dead in their tracks for far too long. There is a widespread belief among Christians today that the heart is desperately wicked—even after a person comes to Christ.

“It is a crippling belief.

“And it is untrue.“

~~John Eldredge

“Good people last—they can’t be moved; the wicked are here today, gone tomorrow.” ~~King Solomon

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Evil, God is Good, Jesus, Proverbs 10, Wicked, Wise Sayings

God is good all the time!

Jesus came to give us an abundant life. And true to God’s word, we have it in Jesus. God is good all  the time.

Not so with evil people who reject God. Their life is without meaning.

“Good people last—they can’t be moved; the wicked are here today, gone tomorrow.” ~~King Solomon (Proverbs 10:30)

"When the wicked die, that’s it—the story’s over, end of hope." ~~King Solomon

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Death, Hope, King Solomon, Proverbs 11, Wicked, Wise Sayings

Hope

We are a people of hope. We serve a God who gives us hope. We live in the present and look forward to the future.

We know we are living in a new world under Jesus’ new agreement with God. God’s goal for us is to hope. We should be filled with the anticipation of what is going to come in His future for us.

Not so, however, for everyone else. For them, death is the end of the road.

“When the wicked die, that’s it— the story’s over, end of hope.” ~~King Solomon (Proverbs 11:7)

“A good and honest life is a blessed memorial; a wicked life leaves a rotten stench.” ~~King Solomon

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The stench of a wicked life

Some things smell pretty bad. And then, there is a rotten stench. Just a plain putrid smell. It is disgusting. We gag. We puke. None of this is good. That is the way of a wicked life.

God’s goal for us is that we live a good and honest life. God wants us to serve Him with honor. He wants us to be in right standing with Him and all we know.

An honest life is important in all we do.

How do we want to be remembered?

A good and honest life is a blessed memorial; a wicked life leaves a rotten stench. ~~King Solomon (Proverbs 10:7)