The Foundation of God’s Blessings
Psalms 1
Is the love of God conditional? The answer is no. God loves us unconditionally and is so very longsuffering. Are His blessings conditional? The answer is yes. God does not stop loving us but He will stop blessing us when we are disobedient to Him. Our eternity is secure but we can loose the blessings of God upon our lives.
Psalms 1 tells us of the foundational conditions of God’s blessings. You will notice in the equation given to us that there are two progressions. First, in verse 1 we see that we walk, stand, and than sit. This gives us the idea of our comfort level with sin. Think of it this way, you are walking and something catches your eye, you stop and stand, and then you get more comfortable so you sit and get involved. We start by walking away from God which leads to the next level of standing in sin. Still not totally comfortable but as time goes on and we stand, we grow more comfortable and eventually we find ourselves sitting in the seat of the scornful.
The next progression is found in verse 1 as well. Notice the words counsel, way, and seat. We walk in the counsel of the ungodly. This is the persuasion of the world. Today we are constantly bombarded by worldly philosophy. If we are not careful, we will fall prey to the world’s ways. Proverbs 24:6 instead tells us to find wisdom in the multitude of counselors, Godly counselors.
Then we stand in the way of sinners. This is not a defensive stand but a submissive stand. The worldly philosophies begin to affect our thinking. The world’s ways will slowly become our ways if we do not purpose in our hearts to stand for truth, Daniel 1:1-8
Finally, we find ourselves sitting in the seat of the scornful. We are so comfortable with sin that we are now partaking in the worldly heart. Where are you today? The choice is yours, Matt. 6:22-24