Oh…so very much to ponder in today’s reading!

Psalm 1
The two ways of man are contrasted in this psalm and the characters are the righteous man and the ungodly man.  A summary of the psalm might read, blessed is the man whose footsteps are ordered by the Word of God for he will find both peace and prosperity. Those who are without God are being hurried to a terrible doom.  We should order our lives after Jesus because he was the typical “blessed man” who delighted to do the Father’s will.
Blessed is the man whose “…delight is in the law of the Lord…”
The “law of the Lord’ means all Scripture. The more we know of the whole scope of God’s Word, the more resources we will have to guide our daily lives.
“He is like a tree planted by streams of water which yields its fruit in season…”
Just as a tree soaks up water and produces luscious fruit, if we soak up God’s Word we’ll bear fruit. The more we soak up His Word, the more fruitful we will be.

Psalm 14
This psalm is all about the corruption and foolishness of man. The only perfect goodness is to be found in Jesus. All of us have have sinned and come short of God’s standard.
“The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’”
We should all be careful taking Scripture out of context!

Psalm 15
Only those whose walk is blameless may live on His holy hill.  Not that any of us are sinless but if we are believers in Jesus, we are blameless.  Until we are “in Christ,” conformed to His image, there is no abiding place for us in His tabernacle.

Psalm 36
“They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights. For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.”
Ponce de Leon searched for the “fountain of youth”. God offers the "fountain of life"!

Psalm 37
The riddle of the prosperity of the wicked and the affliction of the righteous is brought out in this psalm. We, as believers in Jesus should never waste a second of our time worrying about the wicked, but should be fully satisfied with Him.

Psalm 39
Again we are reminded through this psalm the significance of our insignificance!

Psalm 37 contains this most wonderful of verses. “Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.”
To delight in someone means to take great pleasure in their presence. This happens only when we know that person well. To delight in the Lord means we must know Him well.

As we begin to know Him well, we will know what He desires for us and then His desires become our desires. What a great plan!

But even better than that…“If the Lord delights in a man’s way, he makes his steps firm;”
As we delight in the Lord, know that He delights in us. That means He takes great pleasure in our presence! Wow! Ponder that today!