1. Like A Tree
Barbara Walters asked Katharine Hepburn what kind of tree she would be.
Psalm 1:1-6

2. The One Who Is Like a Healthy, Fruitful Tree
Psalm 1:1-2 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night. v. 5 …congregation of the righteous… v. 6 …the Lord knows the way of the righteous…

3. The Righteous Follow God’s Law
Romans 8:1-2
1 John 3:7  
Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.
Acts 10:34-35
Psalm 119:172
My tongue shall speak of Your word, For all Your commandments are righteousness.

4. Contrasted with Chaff the Wind Drives away, the Ungodly
Note the progression
V.1, walks in counsel of ungodly
V. 1, stands in the path of sinners
V. 1, sits in seat of scornful
(Eph. 5:11, cf. Rom. 1:22-32)
This person is:
V. 4, 5, 6 – ungodly
V. 5, sinner
1 John 3:4-9 (ESV)
Will not inherit the kingdom, 1 Cor. 6:9-11

5. The Tree Is Planted in the Right Place
Colossians 2:6-7
Acts 6:7  Then the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.
Ephesians 3:14-19
1 John 4:7, John 13:34-35, 2 Peter 1:3-4
1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

6. The Tree Yields Fruit John 15:1-8 Matthew 13:23 Luke 6:43-45
But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”
Luke 6:43-45

7. The Tree Withstands the Heat
Matthew 13:20
But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
Psalm 16:8
I have set the Lord always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.
James 1:2-4, 12; Colossians 1:11
Colossians 1:11 ESV
May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy,

8. The End Result, Psalm 1:5-6
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the ungodly shall perish.