Like a tree planted by streams of water.....

Like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields fruit in season and
whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. (Psalm 1:3 NIV)

The song says, "Like a tree planted by the water we shall not be moved."
The only way that "we cannot be moved" is to not walk in the counsel of
those in the world. Remember this. You may be in the world, but you are
not OF the world. You have been called to a higher place of righteousness
by accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior.

We all have to work in the world and we all know that the world is a hard
place. But if you learn that just because your body is in the world your
spirit and soul are not. You have all the tools that you need to perform
your earthly job They are provided by your employer. Likewise, your
Heavenly Father has equipped you with all the tools your body, soul, and
spirit need to operate here on earth as well. Everything you need to have a
successful life here on earth is in the Bible. I cannot tell you how
important it is to read the Bible everyday. It is your tool kit.

Now that you have opened your tool kit there is another simple rule you must
learn. Tools do not work without your picking them up and applying them.
An auto mechanic can open the hood of a car that is not working properly and
pull his tool box up next to the car and open it and stand back and just
look at the tools and the car and nothing is going to happen. And just by
picking up a tool, the mechanic is not going to fix the car either. He has
to use each tool the way it was intended to be used to complete part of the
repair. He may only need one tool to do the job, or he may need several.
But whatever he needs, you can be sure that it is in his tool box and he
knows the value and application of every one of them. That is his job.
That is how he gets paid.

You too must work your tool kit. If you leave it laying on your nightstand
or on your coffee table, it is not going to do you any good. You not only
must open your tool kit, but you must study and learn how to apply your
tools. You must learn which tool or tools to use. This is how you will get
paid by your heavenly Father.

We were born with a purpose. All of us. It is our job to apply the gifts
and talents given to us by God for His work for us in His Kingdom which is
right here on earth. You would not dream of doing any job in the world that
you did not get training for. Your resume is full of the talents you have
to impress an employer. If we strive so hard to impress our worldly
employers, why then would we be less meticulous in our preparation to do the
work God himself has created us to do? When you get a job, you want to do a
good job so that you can stay employed and get the raises, and the bonuses,
and the insurance coverage for you and your family and to keep the income
coming in to support you and your family. You don't want to bounce from job
to job. You want stability. You want to be planted where you are and build
for retirement. Likewise you must be "planted" in the Kingdom. You will
see that your work here pays you too and insures you and your family of all
the promises of God. There will be raises and bonuses you cannot even
imagine....and no one on earth can out do God's retirement plan. You could
not have a better employer. Whatever you do will prosper! And your
employment contract with God is written in Blood.