The Way of Blessing

Psalm 1

vs 1 – “the way of sinners”vs 2 – “the way of the righteous”

= echoed by first and last words of the Psalm:

“Blessed … perish”

= summary – result in vs 6:

- way of the righteous – the Lord watches over- way of the wicked – will perish

A. Two Ways:

B. The Blessed Road= meaning:

- NIV notes – “happy condition”

- NLT vs 1 + 2:12 – “joy”

= sounds like a sickness …

= sounds like a celebration!

= requires two actions: negative and positive

1. “do not” = turning away from Stuff to leave behind– that will let you down …

2. “do this” = turning towardTake delight in the

Lord and His law

C. The Road to Avoidvs 1 – “Blessed are those who do not:

WALK -- STAND -- SIT

= NIV makes it easy to see the subtlety of sin- of not turning to God but away from Him

= you get “sucked in”- progressively more rooted in the wrong

MOVE -- POSITION -- SETTLE

WALK

STAND

SIT

SELF

D. The DestinationsTwo images:

D. The DestinationsTwo images:

1. Tree planted by the water - life, strength,

roots, fruit - picture of heaven (Rev

22)

2. Chaff blown by the wind- dead, left-over,

rubbish- picture of hell (Rev. 20)

Blessed is the one who

DELIGHTSin the Lord and in His law.

Oh, what joy!