Bible Text: Psalm 1 | Preacher: Rafael Vallejo

Today begins our preaching series on the book of Psalms.
Whatever is going on in our lives we can usually find psalms that echo what we are feeling inside us.
The image presented to us are two roads, two paths.
Down one road walk “the wicked” (those who do not depend on God), sinners (those who rebel against God’s will), and “the scoffers” (those who mock God)
Down the other road walks the righteous (those who depend on God).
One road leads to blessing and happiness while the other leads to curse and unhappiness.
Now choose life, so that you and your children may live (Deut 30:19 )
we choose to follow this path
we will be like trees planted by streams of water
Those who depend on God (the righteous) are like a tree, whose roots are sunk deep into the earth next to an irrigation stream.
We are told not to stand with or take the path that sinners tread. don’t go there. Why? Because God watches the way of the faithful one, but the way of the wicked will perish. (v 6)
On a side note, I was preaching here in a memorial and half of the people were not from Toronto. The family was from Newfoundland and some came all the way from Calgary. I told them that they were facing south to the water. And that the word “Toronto” in the native language of the Iroquois means “Trees growing in the water”. Coincidentally, yesterday June 6 was the day the City of Toronto opened nine of our beaches to the public to enjoy…