Psalm 1 says, “Blessed is the one who walks not in the counsel of the wicked nor stands in the way of sinners nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is on the Lord and on his law he meditates day and night.”
It’s a beautiful passage and among my favorites. It poetically covers every aspect of the believer.
Most Christ followers can use some drastic improvements in time with Jesus. A recent survey revealed that A third of Americans who attend a Protestant church regularly (32%) say they read the Bible personally every day. Around a quarter (27%) say they read it a few times a week.
Fewer say they only read it once a week (12%), a few times a month (11%) or once a month (5%). Close to 1 in 8 (12%) admit they rarely or never read the Bible.
I have no idea exactly who is watching this short video. There are potentially some who watch this and are in the word daily. That would be commendable and great.
The purpose of highlighting these numbers is to bring attention to what influences our lives. Chances are some social platform, television show, Netflix or other similar service, has great influence in life. Distracting you from what matters more.
For some believers, Jesus gets the church assembly time, and the rest is for everything else. You can’t make it that way. Please don’t take this to the other extreme in there should be no time for leisure for there most certainly is.
But, through each day, we should read, pray and meditate (ponder and think) upon the WORD of GOD. You can do it daytime or nighttime; just make certain that if you consider yourself a believer, spending time with God’s word is absolutely necessary.
Next time we will consider this issue a bit further. Until then S.D.G.