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.  But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.  And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.  The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.  Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.  For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?  The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,  Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.  He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.  Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.  Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.  I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.  Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.  Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.  Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.  Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.  Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. Psalms 1 & 2

What is blessed and why would it benefit a man to abstain from walking by the advice of ungodly counsel?  How is it beneficial to stand apart from sinners or refrain from participation in round tables that mock or scorn God?  What are the traits that make a man who perpetually ponders God’s Law, delightful?  How may he be likened to a tree that is well planted and sufficiently watered to point of bearing good fruit, in due time?  What makes ungodly folks like dry stalk that is easily disbursed by the wind?  Why are the ungodly precluded from standing against or for righteous judgment?  Why are sinners not accepted in a righteous congregation?  Why do the righteous withstand the scrutiny of God’s knowledge while the same review of ungodly behavior enforces death?  So many seek answers to all their self initiated questions, but they seldom take time to contemplate the questions that arise naturally from contemplation of God’s Word.  These questions are important, defining and their answers Earth Shaking, why then would we skip the opportunity to ask the Holy Spirit for these crucial answers?

Please take a few minutes to review and meditate upon Psalms 2 and you will see that many of the answers point firmly and undeniably toward God’s Love for Jesus and His resolution toward punishing the ungodly for their defiance to His command and for chastising believers.  This is the repeated theme that relativists, self-servers, atheists and those established servants of darkness must at all costs proclaim illusion.  This belief that God is sovereign, all powerful and that His righteous Law applies to everyone is absolutely unfathomable to man who would be his own king.  They prefer illusion to truth and hide in the darkness of self-righteousness to avoid the reality that God is in charge, makes the rules and is the only wielder of judgment for man’s behavior.  Therefore having no mechanism or vehicle to battle against an Almighty God they do what any other coward would and attack those who believe in and serve that Almighty God.  Cowardice preys upon innocence, just as wolves love to eat defenseless sheep.  But the day will come when the Good Shepherd avenges this devastation of the innocent and enforces judgment and justice upon all who wrongly believe that there is no price for sinful action.  The wages of sin is death and God’s death proclaimed for this unbelief lasts eternally and burns indefinitely.  God is fair giving us all the choice to either obey or defy, that type of conscious decision comes with no excuse or logical defense.  God is Just, Right and True.  I will not stand against His Sovereign Authority for a few years of living my own lie.

Lord Jesus come soon, but if You don’t, give us strength to joyously accept our individual and collective purpose within Your Great Plan for humanity.