Sunday, January 8, 2012

January 9, 2012

"Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish." Psalm 1

In real estate the rule that determines the value of a property is, "Location, location, location!" If the home is located in a neighborhood with other higher priced homes that raises the price of the property as well. Build a house on a lakefront or near a beach and the pice goes up. Should the home be on a golf course the value is increased.

Similarly, a man's "blessedness" is determined by His location in relation to God and His Word. Consider these phrases:

"Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers"

A blessed man locates himself in the neighborhood with godly and righteous people. He doesn't hang out with evil wicked people. Wicked people are spiritually condemned. Who wants to build next to a condemned property?

"But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night."

Secondly, a blessed man camps out in the Word of God! He doesn't spend time reading sexy magazines or going to questionable websites. You are what you read. "As a man thinks in his heart so is he." Contrary to modern thinking, a man cannot separate his private life from his public life.

Third, a man will be blessed if he puts down roots in the living water. Jesus is the Living Water! "He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither." The evidence that a man has established his life in a good location is the fruitfulness of his life and the healthiness of his life!

A man who wants to be blessed will locate himself in a place where God's blessings flow. How presumptuous is it to expect or demand that God bless what he is doing rather than doing what God blesses?

There is a reason that some men lead blessed lives and others don't. It can be summed up in three words, "Location, location, location!"

Will you choose to be blessed? Will you go where God blesses? Will you do what He blesses?