I have a confession. Sometimes I open my Bible and just stare at it like it’s going to talk first.
Maybe you can relate. Life is loud. Our minds are full. And somewhere between the coffee cooling off and the to-do list multiplying, quiet time with God gets squeezed into something that barely counts.
But Psalm 1 paints a picture I keep coming back to. The person who meditates on God’s Word day and night. Who really lets it sink in is described as a tree planted by streams of water. Not a potted plant on a windowsill. A tree. With roots that go down deep, drawing nourishment even when the surface looks dry.
That’s the benefit we don’t talk about enough. Not just information. Transformation. Roots.
The blessing isn’t just for Bible scholars or people with two-hour morning routines. It’s for anyone who comes back to the Word again and again and lets it do its work.
I’ve been discovering this freshly through Psalm 71. Writing my new Bible study, The Song of Our Heart, has been one long, slow act of meditating. The SONG method I use — Scripture, Observation, Nest, Growth — is really just a way of lingering. Of staying in a verse long enough to let it get into you.
That’s where the roots form.
What would it look like to plant yourself beside those living waters this week — even for just a few minutes?
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