A REWARD
FOR DOING WHAT GOD WANTS Monday February 8, 2016
Text:
Psalm 1:1 – 3 Memory verse: v 3
Parents are always happy when their
children carry out their instructions to the letter. They usually reward such
obedience. In like manner God is always happy when we obey His commands and He
blesses us. When He told Abraham to go and sacrifice his son Isaac and he
obeyed, the response of God is in Gen 22:15–18 (read it). In this psalm is a
reward for doing what God wants us to do. The theme of this psalm is the
permanent prosperity and happiness of the righteous, and the certain
destruction of the wicked. The reward for doing what God wants is blessing
which the Psalmist likened to a tree planted by the riverside. Devotion to God
is the way not only of duty, but of safety, prosperity, and happiness. For this
reason, God blesses the righteous man.
The key to doing what God wants is
through meditation on His word. If we so desire to be blessed by God, we must
have constant regard to and for His word, as the rule of our actions, and the
spring of our comforts; and have it in our thoughts night and day (Josh 1:8).
How do you take the word of God? What amount of time do you give to read; study
and meditate on word of God? That is the key to the breakthrough you desire
always.
Food
for Thought:
The frequency and earnestness in meditating on God’s word is what ensures our
growth and brings blessings upon us
Prayer: Help me, O Lord, to earnestly and frequently meditate on your word to guarantee my blessings in Jesus name.
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