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| “Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked…” |
| —Psalm 1:1a |
Every once in a while, it’s good to pause for a few moments and look back over one’s life. Unless your life is vastly different than mine, in our lives we’ve experienced some joys, but also some sorrows.
We’ve made some really good decisions. And, we’ve also made some terrible ones.
We’ve sometimes trusted people we should not have trusted. We’ve probably failed to trust some people that we should have trusted.
We’ve been especially kind to some people. And, we’ve selfishly withheld kindness from some people who really needed us to be kind.
No matter what conclusions we may come to when we pause to examine our lives, because God has chosen us to belong to Him, we are of all people truly blessed.
The Psalmist captured this reality in Psalm 1:1-6:
Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.
That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers.
Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.
Let’s make certain we express our gratitude to God who has showered us with His unfailing, undying love. We must praise Him, for our lives truly are blessed!
