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February 7, 2025
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. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers. Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. Therefore, the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction. - Psalm 1:1-6
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In this text the psalmist tells us that our associations affect our blessings. He tells us we should not associate with persons who are firmly in opposition to God. The text calls these persons mockers. He tells us we should not associate with habitual sinners. He says we should not walk in step with the wicked.
The psalmist says if you want peace don’t look for it in the counsel of the wicked. By wicked the psalmist means counselors who don’t base their counsel on Godly principles. It’s ironic, but many Christians in 2025 will seek peace on the couch of an unsaved shrink. Many Christians in 2025 will take their marital difficulties to a non-Christian counselor. Many Christians in 2025 will take their disoriented children to unsaved social workers. The psalmist says these people are wicked. They are ungodly. Their approach to life is not based on Godly principles but on worldly wisdom. Worldly wisdom won’t give you peace.
The wicked may be able to recite platonic platitudes. But platonic platitudes won’t give you peace. The wicked may be able to explain complex Socratic syllogisms. But when your marriage is falling apart, and your bed is cold Socratic syllogism won’t give you peace. The wicked may have mastered Aristotelian arithmetic, but when your 13-year-old daughter is pregnant and your 16-year-old son is on crack Aristotelian logic will not give you peace. The psalmist is saying when you hurt in 2025 remember your friend! Go to your friend not to the wicked not to the ungodly.
What a friend we have in Jesus all our sins and agrees to bear what a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer.
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Yours In Community Transformation.
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Rev. Gillard S. Glover
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