Feet Firmly Planted

Here is a man
whose feet are firmly planted
In the world.
His own arm can save, he boasts,
or the arms of better men
but not God.
A small, stunted shrub
in a vast desert wasteland,
he talks away even the
good things that cone his way.
Barren is he, in a barren land.
Here is a man
cursed

Here is a man
whose feet are firmly planted
in God’s kingdom.
His own arm can’t save, he knows,
nor the arms of better men.
God is his confidence.
No small bush, but a tree
planted and rooted by water.
Good things are his,
leaf green and fruit lush,
untroubled by heat or drought.
Here is a man
Blessed.

And what of you?
The heart tells you where your feet are placed.
In the kingdom, it insists.
Be wary of the lying heart.
God sees deep into the soul,
strolls through the hidden thoughts,
knows the ground
where you choose to stand.

Choose to be
the blessed man.

(Jeremiah 17:5-10)