Promise for spiritual well-being
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night.—PSALM 1:1,2
This is a promise for spiritual well-being—for deep-seated heart-blessing contentment, peace, and joy that’s below the surface of circumstances. If you want to be blessed like that, the psalmist says, don’t walk in the counsel of the ungodly. Don’t listen to their spin, their solution, their assessment, their evaluation.
Don’t even walk with them, and don’t stop and stand in the path of sinners. Don’t even engage yourself with them casually, and don’t let that conversation become deeper and more penetrating. And don’t sit in the seat of the scornful. Don’t take your seat in their classroom while they scoff at divine truth. You want to be blessed? Then find your delight in the law of the Lord. Walk in the counsel of the godly Stand in the path of the righteous. Sit in the seat of the holy.
You want to give your life to the law of the Lord so that rather than ungodly, sinful, scornful ideas permeating your thoughts day and night, you’re literally filled with the law of God. Meditate on it. Let it grip your heart.
Find your delight in the law of the Lord and let that be the content of your thought day and night. This is the path to blessing.