📖 Blessed (happy, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advice, their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather.
But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night.
And he shall be like a tree firmly planted [and tended] by the streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not fade or wither; and everything he does shall prosper [and come to maturity].
—Psalms 1: 1-3 AMPC
In this psalm, we are given some insight into what will cause success in our lives. We are to avoid the counsel of the ungodly. We are to refrain from hanging out with the ungodly. The ungodly don’t think or talk like God. Many times, the way that they live their lives contradict the way God wants His people to live. The psalmist tells us that we need to delight ourselves in the law of God. He goes on to tell us that we should ponder and study the Word of God both day and night. Studying God’s Word will teach us how we should live and conduct our lives. It tells us how to think and how we should talk. When our lives line up with His Word, we know that success is imminent. Acting on God’s Word will cause us to be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, eventually we will bear fruit. Eventually we will see prosperity in every area of our lives. The Word will cause us to live a victorious life.
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