God
has poured out so many blessings upon us it would be literally impossible to
count them all. There are many blessings
that are visible. We could take the
short cut on some of those and just be thankful for creation. That, however, would really be a cop
out. What is it about creation that
makes us feel really blest? Do we
include our family in creation? Do we
include or pets? Some seem so
indifferent to the multiple ways that we are blessed with creation that they
just flippantly say, “Well, I’m thankful for creation”?
What
about other things we are thankful for?
How about the things that are intangible, are we thankful for them? Can they be simply summed up as being
thankful for intangibles? Which
intangible are we most thankful for?
We
can move to another category for things by which we are blessed. How about spiritual blessings? Do we find ourselves thinking of them at the
top of our list of blessings? Paul said,
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath
blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.” (Eph.
1:3) How many spiritual blessings can we
name and our thankful for?
One that we need to not only be thankful for, but to actively
participate in, is found in Psalm 1.
“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor
stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scorners; but his
delight is in the law of the Lord and in His law he meditates day and
night.” The psalms begin a paean of
praise to God for His abundant blessings and will continue to do so for the
next 150 psalms. Those blessings include
the visible, the intangible and the spiritual.
The psalmist reminds us right up front that those blessings begin with
seeing and knowing God in His word and in following His leading and obeying
that same word.
A paraphrase of Psalm 1 is a good way to start our week on
the blessings of the Word.
1.
Blessed is the man who puts
his trust in Thee
The paths of sin he will not
take, the scoffer’s seat will flee Refrain
Refrain: Yes,
blessed is the man who puts his trust in God
He makes his way secure below, the streets
of gold will trod
2.
He shall be a tree beside
the rivers deep
His leaves will be forever green,
his fruit eternal keep Refrain
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