THE BELIEVER’S DELIGHT

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Psalm 1:2 NASB

But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And in His law he meditates day and night.

“Delight: noun.  A high degree of pleasure or satisfaction of mind,  joy.  ‘His delight is in the law of the Lord’.  Delight is a more permanent pleasure than joy, and is not dependent on sudden excitement.”

Noah Webster, 1828

“Something one is inclined to, a valuable thing.”  Strong’s Hebrew Concordance

The “blessed” man has a consistent conduct in a world of inconsistency.  But his conduct is not self-directed.  The believer is directed by a single rudder and is powered by a single engine, the holy Law of God.  The voice from the Psalms will later say, “Oh how I love your law, it is my meditation all the day.”  Psalm 119:97

As that which is loved by the saint and represents the whole will of God for our sanctification, so it is not a passing interest.  It is the constant interest of the “blessed” man.  In His law he meditates day and night.

Meditate in the Hebrew is to think beyond or further.  A look back to Joshua 1:8 gives some insight into what “meditation”, in a Biblical sense means.   

In Joshua 1:8 note it is a book.  The book that has as its basis the commandments as a covenant. 

This book being read is to be taught and it is, through studious attention, to be the moral and spiritual roadmap for those who have God’s favor.

This then is what the “blessed” one is to spend his spiritual appetite and interest in learning and doing.  And we find this the a concern for the New Testament writer; cf Romans 7:12, 14, 22; I John 2:3, 4.

The mind of the believer has been renewed.  It delights in a new subject, obeys a new master, has a new principle of righteousness, love, and not only is obedient to the law but loves this way of obedience.  Every believer behaves differently than the world because he thinks, loves, and is empowered to a different end.

Read Romans 12:1-2 for the confirmation of this way of life.