Psalm 1:1-3 NIV
“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 they prosper.”
Dear God,
As I sit here this morning determined to spend time in Your
Word before the day “happens,” I was struck by this verse.
What a refreshing picture your Word has planted in my
mind. I see an oasis where you would
find trees planted near the water, ready to refresh and nourish those traveling
in a hot dessert. As I think about that
scene it makes me want to pull up my chair and just meditate on You this
morning. God, you know I have had those
times in my life when I felt so empty and dry or so busy I longed to just sit
and think, to just stop the merry-go-round of this thing called “life.”
I guess that’s what caught my attention as I
read this Psalm. God’s Word is that
refreshing water to a dry and weary (and busy) soul. I used to say I really didn’t have the time
to sit and meditate. But you know it
doesn’t need to be an hour or more. It
doesn’t even need to be 30 minutes. But
if we could just give our attention to God’s Word for perhaps five minutes in
the morning, God will bless our effort and we can meditate on it the rest of
the day. Just like The Message version
of verse 2 says, “instead you thrill to God’s Word, you chew on Scripture day
and night.” I am reminded of Psalm
51 when David was in the dessert of Judah. He
said, “You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole
being longs for you in a dry and parched land where there is no water.”
God that’s what I seek this morning. I want the desire to spend time in the
Word. I want it to be a priority in my
life. That’s my prayer today, Lord, I
ask for the desire, for that thirst for your living water. For the satisfaction that only comes from
you. Amen.
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