"விதைகளின் உள்ளே" 🌳
“Within the Seeds” 🌳
📖 Bible
Meditation No. 1800
🔆 AATHAVAN –
Sunday, 11.01.2026
“For you have forgotten the
God of your salvation and have not remembered the rock of your refuge. Therefore,
you plant delightful plants and set them with vine slips of a strange god. In the day that you plant it, you carefully fence it in, and in the morning,
you bring your seed to blossom, but the harvest will be a heap in a day of
sickliness and incurable pain.” (Isaiah 17:10–11)
Today’s meditation verse
declares that if we, who have been chosen and known by God, live as people who
forget Him in our lives, we will not experience true blessing.
At first glance, when we
compare this verse with the realities we see in the world today, it may appear
incorrect. The reason is that many people who live prosperous lives are not
necessarily those who seek God or walk according to His will. Often, it is the
wicked—those who live unjustly, deceive others, and exploit people—who seem to
flourish. Yes, Scripture itself acknowledges that the wicked prosper. Not only
that, it says that more than what their hearts desire comes to pass for them.
The psalmist writes:
“For I was envious of the
arrogant as I saw the prosperity of the wicked. For there are no pains in their
death, and their body is fat.
They are not in trouble as other men, nor are they plagued like mankind. Therefore,
pride is their necklace; the garment of violence covers them. Their eye bulges
from fatness; the imaginations of their heart run riot.” (Psalm 73:3–7)
Therefore, today’s
meditation verse is not a general promise or warning meant for everyone.
Rather, it is specifically addressed to God’s chosen, spiritually set-apart
people. God desires to separate us from the ways of the world and lead us on a
different path. Hence, when we walk contrary to His will, He allows pain and
discipline in our lives. If we, as God’s spiritual people, begin to look at the
people of the world and imitate their ways, then sorrow and suffering will
follow us.
This is exactly what today’s
verse emphasizes, “you have forgotten the God of your salvation and have not
remembered the rock of your refuge. Therefore, you plant delightful plants and
set them with vine slips of a strange god. In the day that you plant it, you
carefully fence it in, and in the morning, you bring your seed to blossom, but
the harvest will be a heap in a day of sickliness and incurable pain.”
Yes, beloved, when our
hearts observe the wicked, we may at times stumble, seeing their prosperous
lives. We may even think, “What is the benefit of living righteously?”
and drift away from God’s path. But, dear ones, we must never forget that those
who walk in the way of the Lord have a glorious future.
Because the psalmist understood this truth, the same
writer who spoke about the prosperity of the wicked finally declares:
“With Your counsel You will
guide me and afterward receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but You? and
besides You, I desire nothing on earth.” (Psalm 73:24–25)
Rather than walking on the
path of worldly prosperity, enjoying temporary pleasures, and finally falling
into eternal destruction, it is far better to walk according to God’s counsel
and be received by Him in glory. Therefore, let us not grow weary or discouraged
by the prosperity of the wicked. Instead, let us remember the Rock of our
strength and never forget the God of our salvation.

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