Can you believe it is July 1st??!! It seems time passes so quickly that we can't manage to keep up with it. I try to read the chapter in Proverbs and Psalms that corresponds with the day of the month and today is the 1st so I read chapter 1 in both books. It always amazes me how sovereign God is! Every word in the Bible is in the perfect order and perfect for us! Psalm 1 tells us how to be happy. God loves us so much that he doesn't want any Psalm of praise, or Psalm for deliverance, or Psalm of prophecy to be listed before he makes sure we know how to be happy on this earth! How awesome is that??
Verse 1 says "Blessed (happy) is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly (wicked), nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful (those who mock or are arrogant, or make fun of others)
Verse 2 "But his delight ( pleasure or longing) is in the law (the Word) of the Lord and in his law doth he meditate (personally ponder and talk over with oneself, think upon) day and night.
That's how to be happy! So simple and yet so many of us miss the mark. When you look at verse 1 closely you notice a progression. First of all you are told not to listen to the counsel of the ungodly as you walk with them. The fact of the matter is we all have to "walk" with the ungodly, whether at work or school or just in public places. But the key is not to listen to their counsel. Don't allow yourself to be swayed by their speech, attitudes, or thought patterns. Don't laugh at the dirty jokes, don't join in on the gossip or negative criticism of a co-worker or fellow student. Then it says not to stand in the way of sinners. There is danger here because instead of walking....you have now stopped and you are standing. This gives the lost world more time to have an affect on you. Be careful! Satan is looking for such an opportunity. Then the last warning is not to sit down!!!! Keep walking, if you have stopped and are standing for your own good don't sit down!
The other key to this is verse 2 where we are instructed to delight or take pleasure in his law or word. It should be the thing that makes you smile, the thing you enjoy, and you should meditate on the things you've read so that it will help you keep walking for Him!
The result of all of this is HAPPINESS!!!! AND....You will prosper in the things that you do. I don't necessarily mean financially, but prosper in raising your children, living the christian life, being a witness, on your job, etc. Verse 3 states that!
May we all start this new month and every day this month with a desire to delight in his Word! I want to be HAPPY!
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