1 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,2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
and who meditates on his law day and night.
A mere glimpse of some of the famous reality
shows and serials aired on Television these days would show you the crassness,
violence, immorality and extremely low levels of standard that our generation
has stooped down to, to be seen as cool and brash. The present generation is
the most informed and also the most vulnerable generation the planet has ever
seen. We are steeped in a culture where people hate being told how to live and
idolize uninhibited “freedom.”
It is here that we as children of the most high
God have a huge responsibility of leading by example, exhibiting the true
righteousness of God by setting high standards of morality and integrity based
on the word of God. Romans 12:2 says “Do not conform to the pattern of this
world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able
to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will”
The psalmist portrays the life of a blessed man
and highlights the goodness of delighting in the law of the Lord. The key to
living a righteous life is by dwelling on the living word of God. The word
gives us clear guidelines on how to conduct and present ourselves as lives that
please God. The word sanctifies and purifies our hearts but any
action that doesn’t conform to the word gets enslaved to sin and its
consequences thereof. When we meditate on his word and live according to it we
are blessed by the Lord and we also get to enjoy the immense favor of God upon our
life.
In Joshua 1:8 we read, “Keep this Book of the
Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be
careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and
successful”
Psalm 103:17, 18 says “But from everlasting to
everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness
with their children’s children with those who keep his covenant and remember to
obey his precepts”.
When we delight in the law of the Lord, we no
more look to it as stringent laws that bind our freedom but instead we view
them as guidelines that helps us live a blessed life nourished and planted in
the house of the Lord.
In conclusion, I would like to draw your
attention to these beautiful verses from Psalm 92 from verses 12 to 14 which
very exquisitely shows forth the fruits of living a
righteous life, “The righteous man will flourish like the palm tree, He will
grow like a cedar in Lebanon.Planted in the house of the LORD, They will
flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They will still yield fruit in old age; They
shall be full of sap and very green”.
Paul Samuel
Paul is serving as the Worship Coordinator of Crossway Church in New Delhi, he can be reached at musicbuff99@gmail.com
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