Devotional for October 15

Key to the Blessings of God

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.
2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. Psalm 1 (KJV)

The Morning Exhortation

Righteousness consists in doing all the good you know and letting go of all that you know is wrong. Both parts are necessary if we are to be whole. The modern world is so noisy. All day every day we are pulled in this direction and then another. Happiness depends on our ability to eliminate distractions and time wasters. Who is sufficient to do this all the time? Not a single one of us apart from the Lord. The sooner you come to that conclusion, the faster the blessings will come. Go to the Holy Bible to learn what to do and what to avoid. Pray for the focus to do and not to do. Then can we be sure the grace of God will bring us the blessings God intends for us to have. (Matthew 5:6; Luke 12:15-32; Romans 8:28-39; 1 John 4:9-10; Philippians 4:5-7; Ephesians 3:20-21)