More of Psalms One

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In Let's Get Started Into the Palms, we took a close look at the man who walks in the council of the ungodly, stands in the way of sinners, and sits in the seat of the scornful. Psalms 1:1 (KJV) begins with the promise, "Blessed is the man". I like being blessed! Don't you? If we don't follow the plans and the purposes of the ungodly, if we don't submit to the ways and means where sinners walk, and if we don't join ourselves to those who disdain and mock the Way of the Lord, God promises to bless us with multiple blessings!


Now let's bring a contrast to the ungodly, scornful sinner...


"But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night." (Psalms 1:2 KJV)


This is the description of the man who is blessed. Jeremiah said, "Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and the rejoicing of mine heart (Jer. 15:16 KJV)."  A blessed man is happy! I could jump ahead to Psalm 119 and give a listing of the benefits in delighting ourselves in the Word. But I'd like to forge into the New Testament Epistles and establish the case for doing so.


No prophecy, not one word of the scriptures is of any private interpretation (2Pe. 1:20). The men who penned the Word wrote as they were moved on by the Holy Spirit (2Pe. 1:21). All Scripture is given by the inspiration of God (2Tim. 3:16). Therefore the Word, the Law of the Lord, is profitable to for us. It's good for doctrine, reproof, correction, and for instruction in the way of righteousness (2Tim. 3:16). The knowledge of exactly who God is and God's plan for humanity is contained in the Scriptures from Genesis 1:1 to Revelation 22:21.


We're blessed today to have the Holy Bible, the written Word of God. When David penned the words of Psalm 1, he didn't have sixty-six books at his fingertips. He didn't have much more than the writings of Moses to delight himself in. Yet David was able to exclaim, "Blessed is the man whose delight is in the law of the Lord!"


God's Word, the Scriptures, the Holy Bible should be the daily bread for every Christian believer. How much more should we delight in the Scriptures we have so readily available to us today? How much more should we make it a point to meditate in the Law of the Lord day and night? I ask you, is your delight in the Word of God? Do you take time to read and study such a God-given treasure to humanity? Does the Law of the Lord give you joy, causing your heart to rejoice? If it does, then my friend, you are blessed!


Next time we'll get into the details of the multiple blessings for the one who doesn't walk in counsel of the ungodly, stand in the way of sinners, sit in the seat of the scornful, but whose delight is in the Law of the Lord. Until then, God bless...

Today: A Good Day to Praise the Lord

"For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens (2Co. 5:1 KJV)."

Today is a good day to praise the Lord! Yes, it can be said that every day is a good day to praise the Lord. Yesterday is already past. The opportunity to praise the Lord yesterday is gone. Tomorrow hasn't happened yet. Today is the day of opportunity in which we can praise the Lord.

What does this have to do with 2Corinthians 5:1? Hebrews 9:27 tells us, "it is appointed unto me once to die." You and I will one day pass from this earthly existence. We are going to die; it's inevitable. We don't know exactly when we will die. We aren't guaranteed we will be alive tomorrow.

"Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanished away (Jas. 4:14 KJV)."

2Corinthians 5:1 is my hope of tomorrow. There is an eternal home awaiting in the heavens for me the moment this flesh draws its final breath. Those who are dead to sin and alive in Christ can take hope in the knowledge we will one day put of this mortality. Therefore all we have is today.

It is said that Christ is our guarantee for tomorrow. I'm not sure how, being as we have no assurances of tomorrow based on James 4:14. My friends, Jesus Christ is our tomorrow! Therefore, "behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation (2Co. 6:2 KJV)."

Being as today is the only time I still have, today is a good day to praise the Lord! God bless...