Psalm 1:1-3 Lessons

"Psalm 1:1,2 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. His delight is in the law of the Lord; and in His law does he meditate day and night. 

HIS is something that is very much neglected,

 to the detriment of the individual soul, 

and of society as well. 

It is common for people to allow the press of work in business to

crowd out meditation; they think they “have no time for it.” 

That is a short-sighted policy; they might as well say that they have no time to eat. It is the man who meditates, not merely occasionally, but “day and night,” who has prosperity in whatever he undertakes. Christians are in danger of adopting the world’s methods, and the world’s standard of success.

Psalm 1:3 He shall be like a tree. 

Constant growth is one of the characteristics of a tree. 

If it lives a thousand years, it grows every year. 

Each year of its life will see a circle added to it. 

It does not lose this year all that it gained last year, but it keeps all that it gains, and adds more. 

Only such growth as that is Christian growth. The true Christian life is continual advancement." 

E.J. Waggoner