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Awaken to scripture every day...
Awaken to scripture every day...
January 23, 2017
Psalm 1:1-2
Blessed is the one
    who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
    or sit in the company of mockers,
but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
    and who meditates on his law day and night. 
New International Version (NIV)
           Somebody quipped:  "There are two kinds of people:  those who divide things into two categories and those who don't." In this gateway to the book of Psalms, the writer offers us wisdom about two distinctive ways of life which lead to two different destinations. 

           I once asked young people how to keep other young people out of trouble. Their response was, "Whatever their friends do, they will do." Such is the power of peer pressure. The Psalmist says those who walk in step with the wicked, stand in the way that sinners take and sit in the company of mockers will find themselves in trouble. Notice the progression to becoming comfortable with sin:  walk, stand and sit. It sounds like Lot, pitching his tent toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and then moving right into town. 

           In stark contrast is the person who delights in God's law and meditates in it day and night. Is God's word drudgery, duty or delight to us? The more we read it the more we will take delight in it. The computer experts say, "Garbage in, garbage out." If you put bad information into a computer, bad information will come out. So also our souls! What if we saturated our lives with God's word, day and night? What would come forth from our lives when we faced stress? Awaken to scripture every day. Let it pillow your head every night. "Beautiful truth in, beautiful truth out." When we are bumped we spill whatever fills us.
Pray with me:  
Father, break the bread of life and saturate our souls with scripture today. Let us not only read your word but drink so deeply that it satisfies us, fills us and makes us more like Christ. Protect us from any influences which would call our hearts away from you. We pray in the name of the Word made flesh, Jesus. Amen. 
I want to invite you to join me in memorizing 52 passages this year from the 2017 set of Fighter Verses.  You can find the Fighter Verses App at the App Store on your phones
or via this link  http://fighterverses.com/the-verses/fighter-verses/
As we study the Bible this year, let's look at each text and learn what it says about God. 
Joyfully, 
Duane 
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