Psalm 1:2 “But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.”
There are certain things a blessed man won’t do – just see verse one. But a blessed man will always have a love for and devotion to the word of God.
Be wary of preachers and teachers that stray from its teaching in favor of stories, illustrations, cultural observations, and “good advice.”
A love for scripture will display itself in the teaching of a man, blessing those who listen and affirming the validity of his other words.
Any person who claims to be born again, yet has no affection for God’s word needs to examine themselves, for how can a person be alive in the Spirit and live without a desire for spiritual food?
In the close of the verse we observe a formula for studying scripture: we are to meditate upon it both day and night.
We seem to find it difficult to read even once a day let alone true meditation twice a day!
This may not be a result of lacking discipline, but rather lacking desire.
Let us examine both based on what we read here and plan to increase our appetite, by increasing our Bible meditation.
Psalm 1:2 “But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.”