Walking, Standing to Sitting

Psalms 1:1
Blessed is the man
that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,
nor standeth in the way of sinners,
nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Read this scripture over and over again and try and see it. No there is no secret code hidden in it. The thing that we need to see is very obvious.

First, we see the person who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, or stands with sinners in the way, or sits in the seat of the scornful is blessed. Blessed meaning favored and full of joy in God. We can see right off the bat that we are blessed people of God when we walk in His ways and honor Him with our lives.

Think of this, the older we get the slower our steps are. We struggle with the next steps sometimes to the point of having to stand or sit. Our age gets the best of us. Our strength is at a loss at times because of our age and it slows us.

Second, and the thing I want you to see today, is the slow effects of sin. Notice what God says happens to the person who lives ungodly. They start out walking in the counsel of the ungodly. Then find themselves standing now in the way of sinners. Eventually they find themselves sitting in the seat of the scornful. From walking, to standing and then to sitting.

Don't be tempted by the sin of walking in the counsel of the ungodly. If you listen to their counsel you will stop your walk and stand with them in their sin. If you stand and linger with sin and sinners you then will find a seat among the scorners.