Thursday’s Blog – Are you Blessed?

Thursday’s Blog – Are you Blessed?

Psalm 1:1-3 – Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly (wicked). Nor stands in the path of sinners (guilty); nor sits in the seat of the scornful (complainer); But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates (ponders by talking to himself) day and night.

Bible Challenges and Comments

When I first understood and believed the gospel of Jesus Christ in May of 1975 I could just barely read and in those days it was the King James Version of the Holy Bible that most churches used. Therefore I did not read or pray openly. Now I am not alone in this, there are many people who struggle with public speaking in any form. Their self-esteem is covered in a myriad of “guilty” vocal expressions and body language that blanket who they really are.

These folks do not even know who they are; what direction to go in and/or what they might find around the next corner. For those who are saved by the grace of God, there begins a miracle of change. For me in those days I decided to memorize Psalm 1 and to my surprise I did and also noted that it did not take long. Also I read the entire book of Job in nearly one evening. For me this too was a miracle; hardly able to read and the only religious expression I knew by heart was the Catholic rosary by rote or mechanical repetition in my younger years.

Oh friend, blessed (joyful) is the man or woman or child who ceases to walk in the world’s counsel of ungodliness, blessed also is the man or woman or child who stops complaining about the path ahead or behind them, and too blessed in are these same people who know their sins are covered in the blood of Christ, their guilt is removed and God does not remember their sin anymore. You see for me there was a day when I noticed that Jesus was more than just a man who died on a cross. I saw Him for the first time as John the Baptizer explains. “BEHOLD! The LAMB of GOD who takes away the sin (guilty) of the world”, John 1:29.

There is not a greater “JOY” to know and live in the light of this truth. Another Psalm helps me sum this up. Psalm 103:11-14 says this. “For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us and as a father pities his children, so the LORD pities those who fear Him. For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust”.

In the thought of fearing God, many people believe that they must be afraid of Him, but this would be “untrue” as the biblical expression of believing God is to express a change of heart about God and hold Him in respect and awe. If your heart is not changed then you will not have this confession of fear toward God. “That if you confess with your mouth the LORD Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him for the dead, you will be saved” – Romans 10:9.