Psalm 1.  Wicked persons trust in the strength of numbers.  They are comfortable among the crowds, where sin is the norm, and people scoff at religion and piety. They are among the sheaves of wheat — thousand in the field — all look alike. They take their security from their sameness. Harvest day comes. Suddenly they realize that their sameness did not save them. They perish, burned up because they are only chaff — an outer shell with no substance.

Righteous persons trust in God’s word for their security. Their roots go deep and they prosper in God’s due season. Their confidence is in this: the LORD knows them.

LORD, challenge us to stay rooted in you, and not to get too comfortable among the crowds.