Psalm 1

Here in Psalm one, we are given a bit of an introduction to the book. It is in the form of a Psalm, but it provides us with a brief intro to blessing, the righteous, and the ungodly. The themes touched on in this psalm will be ones that we see recurring all throughout the book.

We could almost subtitle this psalm “What’s On Your Mind?” It confronts us with two lifestyles, the one of the righteous man, and the one of the ungodly. The interesting thing is it seems that the determining factor as far as which camp you fall doesn’t begin with what you do, but with WHAT YOU THINK. Belief precedes action, and what we think about something determines what we are going to do about something. For the RIGHTEOUS man, our thinking is to be shaped by the word of God… it is to be a part of everything we do. We are told it is to be the thing the righteous man DELIGHTS in, and it should be in his thoughts DAY and NIGHT.

So my question for you as we begin studying the Psalms is simple: what’s on your mind? What occupies your thoughts? Is it God’s word, or is it the things of this world? I pray that TODAY you would decide to let the Word of God and what it has to say to you be your meditation.