Psalm
1 – Two Men, Two Ways, Two Destinies
Isaiah
says that Jesus was a Man of Sorrows. “Surely he has born our griefs, and
carried our sorrows, yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and
afflicted.” Isaiah 53:4. It was our griefs, not His own that He was carrying.
“Blessed
is the man, or happy is the man, who does not walk in the counsel of the
ungodly, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of the scornful.”
The person who does these things is not a happy person.
Jesus
spent time with His Father and knew what His will was and moved into certain
areas on that basis. We are to walk by faith. Listening to the counsel of the
ungodly is not walking by faith. People who do, get up in the morning, never
turn to God in prayer, never thank Him for the food they eat or for life or
health. They leave God out of their life.
The
sinner may think he is all right, but he is a sinner. The Father laid on the
Lord Jesus all the weight of our guilt. We are sinners.
The
scorners are atheists. He denies God, exhibits an antagonism and a hatred of
God. God is opposed to the scornful and He will scorn them.
The
delight of God’s man is in the law of the Lord. He finds joy in the Word of
God. “For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His
commandments are not grievous,” I John 5:3. We are to meditate on the Word of
God and allow it to shape our lives. God wants His word to come down like rain
so that we who are called can give out the Word of God. It is like a garden
that needs tended. It takes time and care because fruit comes forth only at the
right season. Our leaf is our testimony that we have for the World for Christ.
All God’s children are evergreens.
We
enter the narrow way by Christ, who is the way, the truth, and the life. As you
continue, the way becomes broader and broader; and this way leads to life. “..
I am come that they might have life, and they might have it more abundantly.”
John 10:10
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