1 Blessed is the one
who does not walk in the counsel of/or in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers,
2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
and who meditates on his law day and night.
3 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. Psalm 1
I have been looking at Bible Reading Plans for 2023, seeking to become more disciplined in my own personal Bible Reading. There are many such plans online, to suit everyone who wants to commit to reading regularly. Derek Prince said that if today’s believers would swap/change over two things our spiritual lives would greatly benefit. Swap the amount of time we spend in front of screens with the time we spend thinking God’s thoughts after Him.
We had a servant of God staying with us and ministering here last week. He said SOME years he read the Bible through once every month, a prodigious amount of time spent in the Word. He also told a lady who had been ill, that the Lord said, if she would read FIVE CHAPTERS OUT LOUD she would never be sick. (We believe what we hear ourselves saying) Derek Prince read the Word three times a day after meals, in WW2 and was cured of chronic eczema, though the doctors couldn’t heal him.
4 Not so the wicked!
They are like chaff
that the wind blows away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.
When we spend time with God and in His Word, we will walk in greater blessings. The words of the first psalm are something to lay hold of in 2023 if we want to know more of God’s Favour upon our lives.
God bless and keep you today.