Psalm 1:2 ” But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law does he meditate day and night.”

Do you read this verse and think BORING…

There is a good chance that you do.

I have.

I have even recently.

I was taught to think that it is boring to delight in the law of the LORD.

I was taught to act like I was getting ready to lift a heavy burden. I see this verse the same way that I see all the boxes on moving day. As only work that will not end even after I have filled the truck… With this verse I am on my own and I am supposed to like it because I am a good Christian…

 

Recently I ran into a pastor who explained this verse in similar terms.

He said delight in the law of the LORD is like following the speed limit.

We know that it is good to follow it.

 

And that’s it. No other explanation.

 

I was let down.

Dissatisfied.

Hungry.

Heart broken.

I came across a Truth of God and all I got was a face full of rules and vague moralizing. I got the “rules of the road” instead of a passion for driving. I got a let down, a heart break, a hag instead of a princess. I yolked to the burden that carries men to the grave

All because I missed a crucial part of this verse.

Psalm 1:2 ” But his DELIGHT is in the law of the LORD; and in his law does he meditate day and night.”roots

 

Yeah, its right there. Delight. Take joy in it. Love it. Yearn for it. The law of the LORD us for us to want. It is not a dusty book in some other realm that makes no sense and has nothing but codes and meaningless trivia in it. We treat it like that. But it is actually more like water to a tree. Deep cool satisfying water for the roots that are stuck in this arid dry earth. (read the rest of the text Psalm 1)

 

 

Sure it is open-ended.

It leaves you with something that you know you don’t have yet.

It leaves you wanting more…

 

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