Linger in His Word

Scripture:
1 BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advice, their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather.
2 But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night.
3 And he shall be like a tree firmly planted [and tended] by the streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not fade or wither; and everything he does shall prosper [and come to maturity].

I always think of how many Psalms there are and how few of them I really Know. Sometimes I say to myself, "I think I will read through the Psalms and I always end up mediating on the first Psalm again. This time I am looking at it in the Amplified version where the meaning of the words are exponded on a bit.

This past week I was listening to a preacher online and he was talking about prayer and how most of us either pray for either ourselves or pray for others asking God for something and very few of us just commune with God in prayer. I started to think about this a realized that it was true that most of the time I pray for others asking God to help them or praying for my or my families needs. Now I am sure that this does not mean that I am not praying "correctly", it just brought to my attention how the cares of this world drive us to the throne and how easy it is to fade away from just spending time with Jesus, or as a missionary friend of mine calls it, "lingering with God." (http://www.youtube.com/v/lJBBCOTu2Hc)

Spending time in God's Word is one of the ways I know to get to know God. Not just know about Him, but know Him. By this I mean, that when we spend time reading, thinking, meditating, studying, applying God's Word to our lives, we get to know God in a way that is more then what Jonathan Edward's called as "mental assent".

Not only is a man blessed if he does not hang around sinner and does not do what they do (v.1) but a blessed man, or woman, is one that desire and delights being in the Word of God. It is his or her habit or way of life to spend time in God's Word, both day and night. (v.2) By it we will be firmly planted in our lives, refreshed by living water every day, bare fruit when it is time, not wither and faint when things get hard, and "everything" we do will grow in prosperity and maturity.

What a great promise. Loving to spent time in God's Word and getting to know the God how gave us a way to be with Him forever.

Request:
For Gloria Lewis, our receptionist here at Corporate, as she ministers to her family, during a difficult time of illness in the family.

Prayer:
Lord, thank you for your Word. We praise you that you have given us all things and we can know you by your Word. Holy Spirit of God, teach us more about our loving Lord and bring to our attention when the cares of this life try to steal away all our time so we neglect the Word. In Jesus Name. Amen