MY DELIGHT

But his delight is in the law of Yahweh, And in His law he meditates day and night.Psalm 1:2 

Growing up I had a list of chores that I was expected to complete. There were some that I enjoyed - like mowing or doing the dishes. There were others that I did not enjoy – like cleaning sinks. I learned rather quickly that something odd happened every time I began working on my chore list. The chores that I enjoyed seemed to get done quickly and the ones I didn’t enjoy seemed to never get completed. One sink that needed scrubbed seemed to somehow become five sinks! Was the problem with the chore list? No, the problem was me. I had a “delight” problem.

It is significant that the first psalm tells us that a blessed man is someone who delights in the law of Yahweh. In other words, if studying the law were on his chore list, it would have been the first thing he did! But that seems strange to us, doesn’t it? Many would hardly consider studying the book of Leviticus a delight. So why did King David think of it that way? He did so because he felt the weight of responsibility for ruling over Israel. He realized that the only way to be a just king was to follow the law of the just God. In fact, David further realized that such instruction had to be his meditation “day and night”. No matter what the situation was or when it happened, he knew that the only place with the answer was God’s law. Shouldn’t that be our attitude, too? Today, delight yourself in understanding God’s law.

Philip Moeller