Proud Doer

Daily Reading: Zechariah 10&11, Psalm 1, 31

Psalm 1:1-3 “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. (2) But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. (3) 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.”

One of my absolute favorite scriptures. Such promise. To know that there is reward for living upright and delighting in the law of the Lord. I think people get these attitudes confused with religion sometimes and that’s not what it’s about. It’s about showing honor and respect to God. It’s worship in the form of surrender. I will live in such a way that God is glorified. The way to do that is by honoring his Word and His law…whether I have to or not. No…I am not under law but I am humbling myself to serve the law and the author of it by obeying it. I am free to do it…I get to.

Psalm 31:23&24 “O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. (24) Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.”

The proud doer. I just wrote that it’s humbling to serve the law and this verse says the doer is proud. I guess the difference is that we are proud of the law of the Lord…it is what we are delighting in. How could you delight in something you aren’t proud of…something you don’t respect. We respect and find pride in the law of the Lord and we serve it humbly. Our hope is in the Lord…verse 24…and that hope is secure. We find ourselves completely secure regardless of the pain that comes from living here on this earth. We are strengthened because we hope.

I am tired this afternoon. I find that I have little to say and am little able to comprehend what I read at times. My insights are more or less ramblings and I wonder at my own inability to make sense of common sense.

I know this…God is good…I will rest in that hope…I will serve that truth…it is my delight.