December 4, 2008 Psalms 1

Two Ways to Live

"Happy are those who don't listen to the wicked, who don't go where sinners go, who don't do what evil people do. They love th eLord's teachigns, and they think about those teachings day and night. They are strong, like a tree planted by a river. The tree produces fruit in season, and its leaves don't die. Everything they do will succeed. But wicked people are not like that. They are like chaff that the wind blows away. So the wicked will not escape God's punishment. Sinners will not worship with God's people. This is because the Lord takes care of his people, but the wicked will be destroyed." -Psalms 1-

I decided to start reading Psalms again from the beginning...so I'm starting with Psalm 1, the introduction to the rest of Psalms.

This chapter discusses two kinds of people, the righteous vs. the wicked...two different lifestyles. The last verse, verse six, sums up the entire chapter, "the Lord takes care of his people, but the wicked will be destroyed." God will look after the righteous, the believers, the followers...us Christians. He knows the way of the paths we are on, the righteous paths. On the other hand, he will just watch, as the ungodly, the wicked fail...as they walk into the path of unrighteousness and perish.

Throughout the passage, it mentions the activities of a righteous man, the things he should do and shouldn't do. It also mentions the activities of an unrighteous man, the things he does.

Although it seems easy to point out what's right or wrong, do we really follow the righteous path? We should really look upon ourselves and rexamine our walk with God...our walk in Christianity. At times, we might be on a high, praising God for everything...burning to serve Him...and etc. but we do have our lows...during those times, are we struggling to stay on the right paths, or are we putting in an effort to try to stand back up to continue accelerating forward?

The unrighteous path might seem comfortable, might seem easy, giving lots of company, but sooner or later, it will end.

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." -Robert Frost-

Choosing easy path in life will ensure success, but won't necessarily be fulfilling. Choosing the 'less traveled' road means a more difficult path in life, but more satisfying results. The righteous road might be the harder, the harsher, but that's the road that will lead you to eternity with Christ.

Which path are you on? >.<