Pleasing to God?

11/22/11                                                                                                Psalm 1


Scripture: Psalm 1:1,2,6: Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord and on his law he meditates day and night. For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Observation: A man who is truly blessed is a person who is not a sinner or a mocker, but rather a person who mediates on the law of God although the day and the night. and for this God watch over those that are good in the eyes of the Lord all of the time and those that do not see favor in the Lord's eye will die.

Application: I think that this means that my delight to please the Lord is to meditate on him. and by this the Lord always watches over those that are pleasing to him. But how do I know that I am pleasing to him? I know that I don't pretend anything, my emotions and feeling are usually very raw and full of power. I think that if I mediate on God and keep him close to my heart I will be pleasing. I think in order to do that I need to meditate and put my whole trust in him. 

Prayer: Oh Lord of lords I know that my main goal this year is to delight in you and I know that I need to focus more on you and place my whole trust in you. For you know what my future will go. I know that I need to learn the it is what it is part of life and I pray that you will help me, place trust in you. For you are my life and my spirit that comes from within my soul, you are my father and my creator and I know that you know what is best for me, Amen.