Psalm 1

This is a psalm that showcases the blessings of the Lord that will be given if we walk in His ways, and also a warning to those who do not. Two verses spoke to me today.

Firstly, "But his delight is in the law of the LORD..."
Delight, that's what God wants to give us in this season. What do we delight in? What we delight in shows where our heart lies. If we truly delight in the Word of God, we would rejoice over it, give thanks for it, and meditate upon it.
"If a person delights in something, you don’t have to beg them to do it or to like it. They will do it all by themselves. You can measure your delight for the word of God by how much you hunger for it."

"...and on His law he meditates day and night"
“Meditation chews the cud, and gets the sweetness and nutritive virtue of the Word into the heart and life: this is the way the godly bring forth much fruit.” (Ashwood, cited by Spurgeon)It's not just reading. Nor is it sitting in a yoga position for 10 hours in silence. It's going about your daily activities, but thinking constantly of the verses, slowly chewing it, savouring every taste and aftertaste that lingers.

Secondly, "He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither." A tree by a river has a constant stream of water, and is strong and stable, sinking down deep roots. (Guzik D. 2006) Yupp, and it will yield its fruit in season. Not all year round, but in its season. Let's look forward to the many bananas, apples, strawberries, mangoes and kiwis that God will give to us this year in our own seasons!