Are You Truly Blessed?

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,
but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
    and who meditates on his law day and night. (Psalm 1:1-2)

Pastor Sam asked us three questions on Sunday that I’d like us to consider today.

1: How can you claim to be blessed if you don’t meditate on the word of God?

Let’s face it: many people don’t make the association between engaging the process of meditation on God’s word and experiencing the blessing of the Lord. Though our world and even some faith-based ventures have suggested that we are capable of achieving the blessing of God through other means, Psalm 1 indicates that there must be two things present and active in us: a) a delight in the law of the Lord, and b) a constant meditation on His law.

2: How can we claim to delight in the word of God if the last thing we do before going to sleep every night is to watch programs that fill our minds with lewd jokes?

Our pastor, sharing from Psalm 1, noted that we cannot claim to be delighted with God’s law if our track record indicates that we are filling our minds with the counsel and resources of the wicked.

3: How can we go to bed meditating on the word of God if we have to get up again, turn on the light, and read, because His word is not planted in our memory?

We sometimes assume that we are blessed because we live in an environment where we are not persecuted for our faith, or because we have our temporal needs met without much strife. But, our blessing is not sourced by our environment. Our blessing is secured by our embrace of, and obedience to, the word of God. May His word live in us and move us to do His will.

What would life in this world be like if every Christian were truly blessed?

Oh, how I love Your law! I meditate on it all day long. (Psalm 119:97)

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