“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 delight 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!  Psalm 119 speaks of the godly man’s (believers) love and delight in God’s word:
“And I will delight myself in Your commandments’
 Which I love.”  Vs. 47

“The law of Your mouth is better to me
 Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.”  Vs. 72 

“Oh, how I love Your law!
 It is my meditation all day.”  Vs. 97

“Your word is very pure,
 Therefore Your servant loves it.”  Vs. 140

“I hate and abhor lying,
  But I love Your law.”  Vs. 163

Then Jeremiah 15:16 tells us,
“Your words were found, and I ate them,
 And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing 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 things 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 Your will, O my God,
 And Your law is within my heart.”  Psalm 40:8

The Apostle Paul tells us in Colossians 3:16,
“Let the word of Christ richly dwell in 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 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