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Psalm 112:1 - Thoughts on greatly delighting - Day 169

Hello again my friends,

Listened to an Al Mohler commentary this morning.  Quoted a Harvard professor who likened lies to cockroaches.  You just can't get rid of them completely.  Dr. Mohler went on to say that as people of the truth, meditating on God's truth so that we are saturated with it helps us to keep lies out of our minds.  This reading is from yesterday, but that commentary was very appropriate.

Blessings,

Jeff

What is blessedness?  Fearing the Lord and greatly delighting in his commandments..  The material blessings follow.  The narrow gate is fearing the Lord and delighting in his commandments.  The pasture beyond is where the good things described here are found.  Attempting to get the wealth and riches without going through this gate is futile.   

Has light dawned in the darkness for you?  This is the sign that you are truly upright, gracious, merciful and righteous.  The proof that you fear the Lord and greatly delight in his commandments.

What does fearing the Lord and greatly delighting in his commandments mean?

Some thoughts.  First, it seems that fear requires knowledge.  In God's case, all the heathen nations had no knowledge of Israel's God.  Remember Pharaoh and "Who is the Lord?"  Since they were ignorant of the history of God's ways revealed to Moses, most of them did not fear the Lord.  But when the saw how he saved His people, fear consumed them (Rahab describing people of Jericho).  

Second, delighting in commandments takes us back to Psalm 1.  It is not just having pleasant thoughts about the law but takes action (meditating and obeying).  And here it is not just delighting but greatly delighting.

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