His Invitation
I have never truly been alone, even when I tried to be. In the thick fog of addiction, when prayer felt foreign, I still sensed Him, a presence too steady to ignore. Not angry. Not absent. Just near.
“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly” (Psalm 1:1). This is not a line in the sand. It is the hand of a Father saying, Come this way. To walk with God is to walk with intention, not image.
He is not after performance. He is after presence.
“But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night” (Psalm 1:2).
Delight is not duty. It is desire awakened by love. His Word is not a manual. It is a meeting place. We do not just study Scripture. Scripture studies us. And in being known, we are made whole.
The tree by rivers, in Psalm 1 verse 3, is not self-made. It is planted with care, with purpose, with permanence. Storms come, but it stands. Not because of its strength, but because of where it draws life.
We are warned because He loves us. We are invited because He delights in us. We are planted because He intends to keep us.
Jesus said, “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me” (John 10:27). He does not misplace His own.
As Richard Sibbes once wrote, “They that will avoid all sin must be cautious of every step.” Therefore, blessed is the one who walks with the One who knows the way.
Blessings,
Isaac Sayal