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THE BLESSED MAN 2

Text:Psalms 1:2. 

But he delights in the LORD’s instruction, and meditates in his instruction day and night.

The book of Psalms chapter one describes who a blessed man is. While verse one talks about what a blessed man will or should not do, the next verse talks about what he should do.

1.) He delights in the Lord's instruction. The Lord's instruction is very clear in His words. Every child of God knows what the Lord's instruction is, the problem is, not every child of God delights in His instruction.

The reason many are not delighted in keeping the Lord's instruction is because they are still in love with sin. Psalms 119:11 says, *Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.* 

That is, if you don't want to sin against God, you will intentionally keep His words (instruction) in your heart with the intention of obeying them. *A truly blessed man is a man that pays attention to the Lord's instruction in order to obey it.* 

2.) He meditates on God's word day and night. Without meditating on the words of God, you are not likely to obey it. 

Joshua 1:8 says, "This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success."

Prosperity and good success come by obeying the instructions of the Lord. Obeying the Lord's instruction comes by meditating on the word of God. 

Hence, a truly blessed man is the man who reads or hears the word of God, stores it in his heart, meditates on it, and then carries out its instructions.

This was exactly how our master, Jesus Christ lived His life during His earthly ministry. He lived to obey every of God's words until the Father declared He was very pleased with Him (Matthew 17:5). And this is how He expects us to live too, because Jesus Christ came to show us the way to pleasing the Father.

 *BIBLE READING* : 

Psalms 1:1-6.

 *PRAYER FOCUS* 

1. Father God, I receive the grace to read, meditate and obey your word in Jesus name. 

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