Psalm 1

v.1

Blessed is Man who does not

Note progression: walk, stand, sit

walk--very active in evil

stand--associates with, observes the activities of sinners

sit--very passive, sits among those who scoff but may not actively sin--doesn't necessarily participate, but sanctions it with his presence

but how is he described?

his delight is in the law "Who is our delight? who is in the law? Why is the law not a delight to most of us? the Messiah is not in it for most of us, to us it is a bunch of rules that cannot be kept-
-we are sitting in the seat of scoffers.

so what does he do?

meditates on it day and night

How is a man who meditates on the law like a tree planted by streams of water? What is the water? finding His Delight (Christ) in the law. The law of the Lord containing the Lord of the law.

repeat of above?	How does the law of God have such power to make a person prosperous in all he does? (Under what conditions does it have such power?)

How is a tree planted next to running water different from chaff. Make a list

planted vs blown away

watered vs dry

fruitful vs worthless

alive vs dead

What is the wind that blows the chaff away? Judgment

the wicked cannot stand judgment--they get blown away

From the context, what is it about the way of those who delight in and meditate on the law of the Lord that is different from the way of the wicked?

Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. What's implied about things that Yahweh knows? (1cor 13: Then I shall know fully even as I am fully known. Matt 7:23 I never knew you.) They last. Therefore the point of all this is that Yahweh's law lasts, no one else's does.

I want to be known by God

In whom is your delight this morning? If it is in the Lord of the law, what would changes would be necessary to begin meditating on it day and night?