July 19 Psalm 1 again?

Read Psalm 1:1-2 again  (NIV)

¹ Blessed is the one
who does not walk in step with (in the counsel of) the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers,
² but whose delight is in the law of the LORD,
and who meditates on his law day and night.


"Wait. Didn't we just read that yesterday?"  Yes.  "Why read it again?"

1) We have a tendency to want the newest thing in our world today.  Instead of going over something again, we say 'tell me something new, I already heard that'. So we often do not meditate or wait upon what God has already said.   Rereading something over again allows us to take counsel from God seriously.   (Note: I'm not against 'the new', this blog is new after all, I like the new gadgets as much as the next guy, but pursuing the next big new thing can cause me to forget what God has already said). 

2) These first two verses focus on where do we get our counsel from.  We are blessed if we get counsel from God's Word.  Today (in order to get the new fad) we often get advice from everywhere (TV talk shows, news, internet posts, the next new expert).   Now not all these are bad.  But when it comes from getting our direction in life it's important to first seek God's counsel and godly counsel.  (The downfall of many kings in Israel was because they did not seek or rejected God's counsel or took the counsel from the wicked).   As a side note this does not mean that we are to isolate ourselves from all non believers.  the focus is on ('walking in their counsel, standing in that way, and sitting in that seat'), the focus is on what counsel and path will you take.  

Questions for today
1) Where do you go first when you need counsel? 

2)  Am I so impatient (moving on to the next new thing) that I neglect to listen to what God has already said in His word?