All Saints Day

 All Saints Day

November 1, 2025

 Psalm 1:1-6 (NASB95) 

1 How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! 2 But his delight is in the law ofthe LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season And its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers. 4 The wicked are not so, But they are like chaff which the wind drives away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked will perish.

In some Christian traditions, today is celebrated as All Saints Day. Personally, I come from a church tradition that says that we are all saints and we can celebrate that every day. But, that being as it is, Psalm 1 seems appropriate for today. A blessed saint is one who lives like the man in Psalm 1, who does not walk in he counsel of the wicked, not stand in the path of sinners, not sit in the seat of scoffers. Such a man (or woman) is indeed blessed and will be like the tree planted by the water that yields it’s fruit in season. This is living in the way of the tree of life, whose leaves are for the healing of the nations.

Revelation 22:1-2 - The River and the Tree of Life

1 Then he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throneof God and of the Lamb, 2 in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

We certainly live in an age when there are wicked all around and scoffers on all the airwaves. We need men who will stand alone, apart from the crowd, proclaiming the way of life. This is the way to bless the nations and heal our land. So today is a good day to be a saint and meditate on the Word and the tree of life.