| Our verse to DATE the Word on January 2 (1/2) is Psalm 1:2 |
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| Psalm 1:2 says, “But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night.” |
| Psalm 1 is one of the FOUNDATIONAL chapters of the Bible for how to live life! It is one of the first chapters I recommend being memorized. One of the main reasons for learning this Psalm is that verse 1 starts with the word BLESSED as this Psalm tells what one is to be doing to be blessed by God. After the word BLESSED, we find there are two actions that a person needs to do in order to be BLESSED. There will be a NOT action and a DO ACTION. With the NOT ACTION we do NOT associate with people who will influence us AWAY from God and INTO sinful living. Verse 1 says, “Blessed is the person who walks NOT in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners nor sits in the seat of the scorner.” I draw the principle from verse 1 that one TAKES PRECAUTION in ASSOCIATING WITH THE WICKED! To be blessed you need to TAKE PRECAUTION IN ASSOCIATING WITH THE WICKED! While we have a NOT action in verse 1 we have a DO action in verse 2 as it tells us the blessed man’s delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night.” The principle I draw here is one TAKES PLEASURE in MEDITATING ON THE WORD! To be blessed you need to TAKE PLEASURE IN MEDITATING ON THE WORD! One way of looking at Psalm 1:1-2 is: in v 1 the WORLD influences the person. in v 2 the WORD influences the person. To be BLESSED, a person will NOT just REJECT what the world says but will REMOVE the WORLD’S influencers from their lives. You should be asking WHO and WHAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED from your life as we begin a New Year. To be BLESSED means that you BRING the influence of the WORD into your life by DELIGHTING in DISCOVERING what God’s Word says and DOING what it says. It will be in the DOING that God’s blessing begins to FLOW and one will begin to be fruitful and flourish! BTW – to BRING the influence of God’s Word into your life means you will be READING IT, HEARING IT, MEMORIZING IT, STUDYING IT, and MEDITATING on it. (Meditation means to chew the cud as a cow does with her food.) I so want you to know the blessings of God. Make the decision to daily be INFLUENCED by the WORD. Verse to DATE the Word on January 2 (1/2) is Psalm 1:2. It says, “But the blessed person’s delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night.” Continue Strong filling your heart and mind with the WORD OF GOD And remember to DATE THE WORD |