Planted - Encouragment for the week

Encouragement for the week - Paster Nate Holdridge of Calvary Chapel of Monterey

Planted

I've always loved the simple melodies of Psalm 1. Namely, the description of the blessed man:
"His delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law He meditates day and night." - Psalm 1:2
This simple word stood out to me again this morning. A delight for the Word of God. A delight that leads to concentration, thought, and meditation upon the Word of God. A delight that makes the Word of God your passion and interest.

Think about that truth. Is the Word of God your delight? Do you look forward to reading it, hearing it, and applying it? Is His Word a beautiful sight to your eyes and sound to your ears?
In asking those questions I know our hearts ebb and flow. Reuben, one of the Old Testament sons of Jacob, was "unstable as water" and we might often feel the same. When checking our hearts for a great delight in the law of the Lord we might find something more similar to attitudes of lethargy, ambivalence, obligation, or worse.

It is in those moments I am reminded of the cross of Calvary. I remember that my delight in God's Word is rooted in His amazing love and grace for me, a wretched sinner. Because He loved me on that cross my entire life has changed. I have been forgiven. I have been made clean. I have found new and abundant life. In short, nothing but good has come to my life from that act on the cross.

When I remember this amazing grace from this amazing God I become prone to delight in His Word. You see, if I recognize the limitlessness of His grace towards me, the power of His marvelous hand, and the endlessness of His wonder, I become driven to His Word. I then long to discover Him. I then long to hear His sweet whispers. I then long to hear His promises to a silly man like me.

Remember Jesus today. Remember His cross. Find yourself delighting in His Word.