Psalm 1 is great advice and very appropriate for our times! Look at verses 1-2:
1 BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advice, their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather. 2 But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night.
I LOVE the Amplified Bible for this because it adds "nor stands [submissive and inactive] ". We are NOT to turn a blind eye to the evil and corruption that is going on in the world, and especially in our own nation! We are NOT to be moved by it, but we ARE to be aware! We are to love what and who God loves and hate what HE hates! He HATES sin! Why? Because it steals, kills and destroys the lives of those caught up in it! Don't be silent and refuse to comply with evil! Remember what Dietrich Bonhoeffer said: “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”
So let's be aware, be heard, obey God's Word, preach the Gospel and EXPECT good things! Look at verse 3:
3And he shall be like a tree firmly planted [and tended] by the streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not fade or wither; and everything he does shall prosper [and come to maturity].
That's us! AMEN! Here is Hillsong United with "The Stand":
Shalom in Him!
