Let’s be careful to notice the progression of this
verse.
Blessed is the one
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers, - Psalm 1:1
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers, - Psalm 1:1
It starts with walking in the counsel or advice of the
wicked or ungodly. It starts with moving
in a direction that a person who leaves God out of their life takes. It is moving in a direction that God is not
in or advises. Next, you are standing
with sinners, doing what sinners do. You
are “missing the mark” and living a life where sin rules. “There is a way that seems right to man, but the end
thereof are the ways of death” (Proverbs 14:12). And in Proverbs 16:2, “All the ways of a man are clean in his own
eyes ….” And then, you are sitting with those who say
there is no God and who demonstrate a hate for God. They deny the Word of God and ridicule and
seeks to tear down everyone who stands on the Word of God or proclaims to
believe in Him.
Isn't this the exact method we see the country taking as it walks away from God? Isn't this the way we are attacked?
The problem becomes your thoughts and actions. When you surround yourself with seeing and
hearing things that you know are not of God, you begin to look for and talk in
the way that you should not, that’s not natural to the new man. You will, of course, then begin to do things
that you should not and know not to do.
Maybe just a little at first, but then more and more. As Casting Crowns sings, it’s a “Slow Fade”.
My son, if sinful men entice you, do not give
in to them. – Proverbs 1:10
My son, do not go along with them, do not set
foot on their paths; for their feet rush into evil, they are swift to shed
blood. How useless to spread a net where
every bird can see it! These men lie in
wait for their own blood; they ambush only themselves! Such are the paths of all who go after
ill-gotten gain; it takes away the life of those who get it. –
Proverbs 1:15-19
The first verse in Psalms starts with a statement of
blessing for the one who doesn’t walk in the path of the wicked. And here in the first chapter of Proverbs is
a call to not walk along the path of the wicked. These two books have more wisdom for life in
them than I can adequately remember correctly to live by, yet they both start
in the same place. If you want a blessed
life, if you want to follow wisdom, do not follow, lead, or walk alongside the
path that evil doers and wicked people take.
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