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Wednesday... Yes, there are blessings.


Psalm 1:1a (NIRV), "Blessed is the person who obeys the law of the LORD."

Wednesday... Yes, there are blessings.

And yes, there are dos and don'ts that brings about those blessings.


Now the Amplified Bible amplifies what blessed means. It says, "Blessed [fortunate, prosperous and favored by God]" and that is a tremendous reward if we follow the dos and don'ts.

The New International Version says verse 1 this way. It says, "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, but." And that word is so important. It shows the other side, it shows where the blessings come from, the dos.

Verse 2 says, "but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night." Yes, they delight and meditate and they are blessed.

Now, we can get so involved in and focused on the dos and don'ts that we miss the blessing.

The New Living Translation says verses 1-2 this way. It says, "Oh, the joy of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners. But they delight in the law of the LORD, meditating on it day and night."

And then verse 3 says, "They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season. Their leaves never wither, and they prosper in all they do."

You plant that tree out in the middle of the desert, out where there is no water and see what happens. And there is another word like delight, meditate. The word is planted and where it is planted means it bears fruit, doesn't wither and prospers.

You see the benefits do come from the don't but that is not what is important. The desire and the devotion makes such a difference. It brings blessings but we don't in order to get, we do because we have such a deep desire and devotion to know more about God and we delight and meditate because of our deep desire.

Yes, there are blessings for us but "Oh, the joy of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners. But they delight in the law of the LORD, meditating on it day and night."

Yes, there are blessings but there also is such joy. And this is also important. Verse 6 says, "For the LORD watches over the path of the godly, but the path of the wicked leads to destruction." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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