PSALM 1 - HOW BLESSED IS THE MAN...

PSALM 1 HOW BLESSED IS THE MAN

… (Psalm 1)
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!

Oh the joys, the blessings to the man who hears God say, “Oh that they had such a heart in them, that they would fear Me and keep all My commandments always.”(Deut.5:29) The man who is blessed longs to have such a heart, but when he falls short he knows that in Jesus
the righteousness that God prescribes
is the righteousness that God provides.


2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night.

Truly, he delights greatly in the Lord’s works and words. Looking to Jesus from Genesis to Revelation, in wonder and awe considering the things he can’t even see in the beauty of His works, from a tiny lacewing and a butterfly, to the heavens, the sunrise, the sunset, to the Psalms and the whole Bible. Thank you Lord Jesus for the marvelous works of your hands, and the blessed full of grace words of your Bible, and your mission for me!

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.

Now he can be a fruitful tree… not on his own, but by abundant water... for God Himself is his source. Jeremiah 17:8 adds, “[he] will not fear when the heat comes [when a brother hurts him; when another is disappointed in him because he failed some standard; or when a dream collapses]. But its leaves will be green [he will grab on to God’s grace and strength and continue to show Jesus in his face, words and actions, and be a refreshment for others], And [he] will not be anxious in a year of drought [he will have perfect peace because his mind is steadfast on Jesus Who said “Peace be still”], nor cease to yield fruit [and God’s works through him will flow to bless others].” And that is prosperity.

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.

Not so the ungodly, not so (said the Septuagint). His future is terrifying and he desperately needs to repent and come to the water and drink freely so he too can be blessed. This is the thrust of our mission always.

6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that through His poverty you might become rich.”(2 Cor.8:9)

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