Today’s Scripture: Psalm 1:2, KJB- “But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.”
For most of my life I did not delight in the law. I received love and law from my parents and at church as I grew up. I rarely returned to the law as I left home and began life on my own. When I returned to church in my late twenties, I began remembering times in my life when God’s Word delighted me.
I am thankful for those who brought me back into the law and taught me to live the laws. However, much of my lifestyle hindered my delight in the law. I would be in study groups and Sunday school where it was obvious others did, in fact, delight in the law. I delighted more in looking like I knew the law. I would learn enough to quote some scriptures and carry-on meaningful conversations, but my heart’s delight was not in the law.
Psalm 1:1 begins with describing a blessed person. This person is not someone who is following the counsel of the ungodly. It is easy to fall into the counsel of the ungodly as we become educated in the ways of the world. Many of us lost our way as we left home and found the louder voices of an ungodly world.
I am thankful for those who brought me under their wings and delight for the law. I could witness their delight when I only gave enough of myself to look good. I had one foot in ungodly territory and one foot in what delighted God. I am thankful that God brought friends and mentors into my life who were sharing their desires to find delight in the law of God.
I finally found delight in the law, not because I wanted to find this delight but that I had to. When attempting to straddle the fence finally failed me, I turned to the law of the LORD because I needed to know God. I didn’t go to God’s Law to be blessed or delighted. I went to His Word to find hope, understanding and meaning. I turned to the word of God out of my brokenness. I had tried the ways of my flesh. My ways brought me to my knees as a broken vessel.
When “life met knees” I began to read His Word again. This time not out of legalism or guilt; not out of trying to earn God’s or someone else’s approval, but out of a need-to-know how to fix a broken life. Six months after restarting this journey, God impressed upon me one morning that every affirmation I would ever need would be found in His word. I began the treasure hunt that morning and fifteen years later it continues. It has become my greatest delight.
In losing myself I have found myself and my delights in the law of the LORD. As David promised us here in Psalm 1, we will find delight in the law when we meditate on it day and night. We are fed by the Word, and we find true prosperity and delights there. As our roots grow deeper into the Word of God our life has deeper meaning. We find God’s way for us.
My purpose in sharing my journey is so others too will find the delight in God’s law that I have found. I pray that seeds are planted so others will find their knees and this delight I have found. If you are seeking meaning I challenge you to begin the process of meeting God on your knees and opening His law to see the delight you will surely find.
Today’s Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank You for Your law. Thank You for meeting us, teaching us, and watching over our ways. Thank You for the delight You grant us in Your laws. Thank You for sharing the true meaning to life. Continue to guide us and strengthen our roots so we bear the fruits of Your kingdom and will. In Your Law I do delight and meditate day and night. Amen.
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