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(J.R. Miller, "Evening Thoughts" 1907)
"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. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 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." Psalm 1:1-3
In this Psalm, the description of the godly man is first negative:
There are certain things he never does.
There are places in which he is never seen.
He does not make wicked men his advisers.
He is not seen with those who are evil.
No one ever sees him among mockers.
Thus the godly man is known by what he does not do.
Then there are certain things that the godly man does:
He loves God's word, reads it, and feeds upon it.
He is careful to live where his life may be nourished by the streams of grace.
As a result, he is like a tree in his beauty and in his fruitfulness. Fruit is the test of Christian character.
Then the godly man's life does not wither in heat or drought. It is perennial, and lives in all kinds of weather.
Another feature of his life is that everything he does prospers--not always in worldly things--but even in his losses and trials, he is still blessed. " And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28
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(J.R. Miller, "Evening Thoughts" 1907)
"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. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 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." Psalm 1:1-3
In this Psalm, the description of the godly man is first negative:
There are certain things he never does.
There are places in which he is never seen.
He does not make wicked men his advisers.
He is not seen with those who are evil.
No one ever sees him among mockers.
Thus the godly man is known by what he does not do.
Then there are certain things that the godly man does:
He loves God's word, reads it, and feeds upon it.
He is careful to live where his life may be nourished by the streams of grace.
As a result, he is like a tree in his beauty and in his fruitfulness. Fruit is the test of Christian character.
Then the godly man's life does not wither in heat or drought. It is perennial, and lives in all kinds of weather.
Another feature of his life is that everything he does prospers--not always in worldly things--but even in his losses and trials, he is still blessed. " And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28
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