July 3
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After reading the final Psalm, a call for all to praise God in any way that we can we
rewind back to the first Psalm. Where that chapter summed up the entirety of Christian
living, this opening Psalm is like a jumping off point. That's a good way of thinking of
the Psalms, a guidebook for the Christian life as it is expressed in song. There may be
certain songs that mean a lot to you in your life, songs that say something special about
how you look at yourself, God, your family, your friends. This opening Psalm points us
to the pathway of Christ. This Psalms shows us that it is not blessed to sit in a council
of men who don't fear God, but it is blessed instead to meditate on God's word, to live
in the light of his salvation and revelation. This is like a tree planted next to a river,
a tree with a good source of life.
What is more important, to incorporate into something temporary, like the council of men, or to incoporate into God for eternity?
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