Good Morning All,
Psalm
1:2, “but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he
meditates day and night.”
We spend a lot of time with rules or
laws. We have traffic rules, school
rules, sports rules and maybe some of us still have house rules that we live
by. Most of the time, we aren’t big fans
of rules. We tend to see them as
restrictions or limitations on our lives.
Yet rules tell us so much more than what we are limited to; they also
give us the understanding of the flow of the situation. We often view this as the intent of the law
and intent is important. God’s Law is designed to create a “safe zone” for us
in this broken creation. On the outside of God’s Law is danger and chaos.
Inside God’s Law is peace and tranquility.
Psalm 1 tells us about a righteous
man. His (the righteous man) delight is
in the law and he meditates on God’s law day and night. Now when some people read this, they think of
just repeating the Ten Commandments over and over. This seems rather boring. Add this to our usual thumbnail definition of
the law “showing us our sin;” it really would be. Yet we can go much farther than this. The law
of God really shows us the Will of God or what God desires.
When we see what God desires or commands,
we see that we are indeed sinners. We
see that we do need a Savior to redeem us.
However, we are God’s redeemed children, forgiven of our sins. So, the law shows us more than what we do
wrong it also shows us how to live a God-pleasing life. So, as we study God’s law, we begin to see
what God desires. The law instructs us
as to what our creaturely goodness before God is to be. The commandments can really be seen as a guide
to our relationships with God and with our fellow man.
Some of the commandments are written in the
positive as in “do this” and some are written in the negative as in “don’t do
this.” From these we must study and
meditate (read the rest of Scriptures as well) to understand what God’s Will
for us is. This can be a daunting task
sometimes. For example, we are told not
to covet, that is to want something that our neighbor has. Suppose your neighbor is renting some land,
the landowner comes to you and asks you what you would pay for rent. When is it coveting and when isn’t it? This could apply to a job or a position on
the team or many other areas. Some of us
have dealt with mistakes with companies and their computers. Perhaps you got too many items or too much
money back, when are you breaking the 7th commandment and when
aren’t you?
These and other questions can get really
difficult. God’s law is perfect, but we
aren’t and there are times when we are put into situations which have no
obvious answer to us. This is why we
meditate on the law; to help give us guidance and direction in living a
God-pleasing life.
Dear
Father in heaven, we are often blind to your holy Will and even look away when
we know it. Forgive us when we sin. Turn our hearts to love you and your law. Give us the wisdom to apply your law to those
whom we meet and to show them your love and grace. In Jesus’ precious name we pray, amen.
God’s
Peace,
Pastor
Bret
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