"I will delight in the law of the Lord
I will meditate day and night.
Then like a tree firmly planted,
I'll be grounded in Your Word.
Blessed is the one who follows the way of the Lord,
Blessed is the one."

I have been singing this song in my heart for a while now and it is one that
we sing in our fellowship. It, of course, leads me to Psalm 1. Let's see
where the Lord takes us as we look into some of the verses. We begin
with the first three verse:

"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.
He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And whatever he does shall prosper." Psalm 1:1-3

This Psalm contrasts the two ways of life; the godly man and the ungodly
man. Verse 1-3 speaks of the godly man. Though verse 1 gives the
negative view, the Psalmist is giving a clear picture of the godly man and
he begins with a benediction. Verse 2 gives the positive view of the godly.

Blessed: happy, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable is this man. Man,
through the ages and blatantly so today, looks for, and is desperately
trying to find happiness. We can see here in Psalm 1:2 that happiness is
the result or outcome of seeking after something, that something is
delighting in the law of the Lord.
Jesus states it very clearly in Matthew 5:6,
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
For they shall be filled." (The Amplified Bible says, "...they shall be
completely satisfied."

Scripture gives us examples of 'blessed ones,' here are just a few:
"Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven
Whose sin is covered.
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity,
And in whose spirit there is no guile. Psalm 32:1-2

"Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust (refuge)..."Psalm 40:4

"...Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
Who delights greatly in His commandments." Psalm 112:1

Jesus speaking of those blessed:
"And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me." Matthew 11:6
And in Luke 6:22,
"Blessed are you when men hate you,
And when they exclude you,
And revile you, and cast out your name as evil,
For the Son of Man's sake."
And again He says in Luke 11:28,
"...Blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it."
We are all familiar with His words to Thomas in John 20:29,
"...Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed
are those who have not seen and yet have believed." [Hallelujah we are
among those!]

James 1:12 says,
"Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he as been proved,
he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who
love Him."

There is much more to be said about the blessings of God, but I will leave
that for your personal study. Hopefully, we will see a clearer view of this
godly man that the Psalmist is speaking of next time. In the meantime, I
pray that the Holy Spirit will open the eyes of our hearts and minds that
we may know Christ Jesus in an ever greater measure.

All praise to Him. Amen