The Life of the Blessed
Richard Bradley
Psalm 1:1-3
It's all about God's blessings isn't it? We all want them and we certainly all need them. This is a tough world and it's made even tougher when we can't depend on God's blessings. It goes without saying that there are those God can and will bless and there are those He cannot bless. When Israel crossed over Jordan into the Promised Land they were strictly warned about what they were to do and what they were not to do once they got there. God promised to bless His people but only if they did what He told them to do. God cannot and will not bless disobedience. As the people fell into disobedience God withdrew His blessings from His people.
In Psalm 1 David gives us a good summary of the kind of lifestyle God has promised to bless and what that blessing might look like. We need to take stock of our lives this morning. We need to ask ourselves a very important question. Based on the qualities and characteristics of my life, ''Am I the type of person God can bless?''
Psalm 1:1-3
1 Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
2 But his delight is in the Law of the Lord,
And in His law he meditates day and night.
3 He shall be like a tree
Planted by the rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And whatever he does shall prosper.
The word ''blessed'' can also be translated as ''happy'' and appears this way in some translations. But I submit that the only truly happy person is the one God blesses.
THOSE WHO ARE BLESSED BY GOD SHUN EVIL
1 Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
Many have pointed out that the progression of this verse is steadily downward. We don't usually engage in sin the first day we think about it. There are exceptions b ...
Richard Bradley
Psalm 1:1-3
It's all about God's blessings isn't it? We all want them and we certainly all need them. This is a tough world and it's made even tougher when we can't depend on God's blessings. It goes without saying that there are those God can and will bless and there are those He cannot bless. When Israel crossed over Jordan into the Promised Land they were strictly warned about what they were to do and what they were not to do once they got there. God promised to bless His people but only if they did what He told them to do. God cannot and will not bless disobedience. As the people fell into disobedience God withdrew His blessings from His people.
In Psalm 1 David gives us a good summary of the kind of lifestyle God has promised to bless and what that blessing might look like. We need to take stock of our lives this morning. We need to ask ourselves a very important question. Based on the qualities and characteristics of my life, ''Am I the type of person God can bless?''
Psalm 1:1-3
1 Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
2 But his delight is in the Law of the Lord,
And in His law he meditates day and night.
3 He shall be like a tree
Planted by the rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And whatever he does shall prosper.
The word ''blessed'' can also be translated as ''happy'' and appears this way in some translations. But I submit that the only truly happy person is the one God blesses.
THOSE WHO ARE BLESSED BY GOD SHUN EVIL
1 Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
Many have pointed out that the progression of this verse is steadily downward. We don't usually engage in sin the first day we think about it. There are exceptions b ...
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