"Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful,
But his delight is in the law of the Lord.
And in His law he meditates day and night." Psalm 1:1-2

Last week we looked at the description of the godly man's ways from
the negative view. Verse 2 speaks of his ways in the positive.

'His delights is in the law of the Lord'
The godly man loves God's word, it is his delight. Delight here is from
the Hebrew root word meaning pleasure. Some other translations read:
"But finds joy in the Eternal's law..." New Translation (James Moffatt)
"But finds his pleasure in the Law of Yahweh..." The Jerusalem Bible
"But whose greatest pleasure is in the law of the Lord..." Psalms for
Today (R.K. Harrison)

He finds pleasure and joy in God's law! Palm 119 speaks the godly
man's (believer's) love and delight in God's word:
"And I shall delight in Thy commandments,
Which I love." Vs. 47

"The law of Thy mouth is better to me
Than thousands of gold and silver pieces." Vs. 72

"O how I love Thy law!
It is my meditation all the day." Vs. 97

"The word is very pure,
Therefore Thy servant loves it." Vs. 140

"I hate and despise falsehood,
But I love Thy law." 163

Then Jeremiah 15:16 tells us,
"Thy words were found and I ate them ,
And Thy words became for me joy and the delight of my heart..."

Loving God's word, we store them in our hearts. Remember Jesus'
promise to the disciples in John 14:26,
"But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name,
'He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said
to you.'"
How can He bring to our remembrance if we do not study and meditate
on The Word? The godly man takes God's word into his heart:
"The law of his God is in his heart;
He does not slip." Psalm 37:31

"I delight to do Thy will, O my God;
Thy law is in my heart."

The Apostle Paul tells us in Colossians 3:16,
"Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you..."

Like the Psalmist it is our delight to meditate on God's Word, both the
written and the One who is the very Word.
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God." John 1:1
"And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His
glory..."  Vs.14

How then can we not love and cherish the commandments, precepts, words
of the Lord? They are grace upon grace to those who hold fast to the them.

"All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof,
for correction, for training in righteousness; that the man of God may be
adequate, equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:16-17

May our meditation in the Word fill our hearts with joy and may it bring a
hunger and thirst for more and more. Matthew 5:6 assures us that we are
blessed if we hunger and thirst for righteousness and that we will be
filled!

Hallelujah and Amen