PSALM 1:1, A SHORT MEDITATION

PSALM 1:1, A SHORT MEDITATION

Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
The ungodly [are] not so: but [are] like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Although this psalm is very clear, and it should be taken as a whole, I would humbly like to share thoughts that I have learned about the first verse of the first Psalm.

Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

A closer look at this verse shows a process, that we have to take into consideration. It's a principal that starts with walking, then turns to standing, followed by a sitting.

Walking in the counsil of the ungodly, leads to standing on the way of the sinners. Standing on the way of the sinners will result in sitting in the seat of the scornfull.

Many of us are adviced by all kinds of ungodly theories and teachings. When we walk in their counsil, we will follow some thing which excludes the Most High Jah. For example, Rick Warren and his Purpose Driven Paradigm which is completely based on the ungodly counsil of Peter Drucker, Robert Schuller and others.

When we walk in their counsil, we will soon stop from moving forward. It cannot be different, because how shall a man have wisdom and not receive it from Jah? Obviously, the counsil of the ungodly is: "sin, sin, sin"! And when you live in sin, you cannot move forward. So you stand. You no longer walk...

And then, when you have adopted a lifestyle of sin, because the ungodly have told you that there is no Jah and you can do what you want, you will no longer stand in the end...

Walking -> Standing -> Sitting

Standing on the way of the sinners is very tiresome. Take a look at the lifestyle of many MTV stars. It wears you out, I mean you get tired as you are being sucked empty. So ofcourse, you can't stand allways and you sit down.

But what happens if you stand on the way of the sinners and you sit down?

You find yourself in the seat of the scornfull. The seat of the scornfull, who confess with their mouth to their own judgement.

In a way, the above is the road to apostacy. It starts by taking the counsil, the advice, of the ungodly. As a result, sin disables our growth and subsequently make us to sit down with the others who have been there before.

There are people, who truly lost their faith. They do no longer think that they are in need for salvation. And they start to scorn those who are not walking on the road to apostacy.

But the point is, sooner or later they will have to make a choice. And they will haver to confess with their mouths about their choice. Even if they do not intend to do so, they still do.

A lot of apostates currently are scorning in a scale where even the ungodly do not trod before. Let their scorn be an example to us, that we will not take council of the ungodly.

frebruary 2006