a simple desire

“Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; but their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law they meditate day and night.” (Psalm 1:1-2 )

Twenty years ago if you would have told me I was going to be mediating on the Lord’s law day and night I would have said you were daft. But here it is late at night and I am thinking and pondering on scripture, and I will be again tomorrow. Furthermore, if you were to have told me that I would be looking up the word ‘meditate’ in the Hebrew to find out that it indeed did mean ‘to ponder’, I would have considered you more than slightly loony. But that just happened.

So the next logical thing is to wonder I my life and habits follow the rest of the verse. I do not follow “the advice of the wicked,” or at least I strive not to. And if I “take the path that sinners tread” I backtrack and go the proper Godly direction as soon as I realize that I have misstepped. And as for “the seat of the scoffers,” well I scoff at the scoffers! But am I happy? Or as other translation have it, do I feel blessed? And do I find delight in the law of the Lord?

My answer is this. May you, gentle reader, discover for yourself the full measure of happiness, blessed, and delight that comes from pondering the word of God day and night. Selah!