Psalm 1: 1-3, 6 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, 2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. 3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers.
6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.
What a promise from the Lord. Blessed. Blessed. I want to be blessed of the Lord, don’t you?!
Delight in the law of the Lord. The things He commands us to do. The direction He gives us. To think on His law day and night! Seems crazy to think we would delight in and think about law, but when we understand that all of God’s commands are for our good, we can certainly delight in them!
And when we do that, we are like a tree planted by water! We will bear fruit at the right time! We won’t wither away! And WHATEVER we do prospers! Oh how I long to bear fruit at the right time and to have the things I set out to do, based on God’s direction, to prosper!
The Lord watched over the way of the righteous. Ah, how I can rest in that! He watches over me. Am I righteous on my own? No, no way. But through the blood of Jesus I have been made righteous and now the Lord watches over me!
Oh God watch over me! Watch over my way and keep me! I pray you watch over and keep the way of each person reading this. Thank you for your promises in your word for us, Oh God! Oh Lord God may we not walk in step with the wicked! May you refine us, mold and make us into your image! May we take delight in Your law! Lead us, Oh God, in the way everlasting!
