SUMMER IN PSALMS
PSALM 1 
SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2023

Psalm 1:1-6

There are two contrasting paths that take place over the course of three steps: 

Pattern - The patterns of life which give life its shape. 

Position - The result of those patterns creates a life that is marked by stability and production or dissolution. 

Product - Ultimately these two things will result in one being “known by the Lord,” or perishing.

There are two different words which are translated as “blessed in our Bibles.” 
1: Barukh: To receive God’s blessing and favor.
2: Ashray: Referred to the public image of one who is blessed. It’s something like “Living your best life.”

Psalm 1:1 can read: “A man is living his best life when he he doesn’t walk in step with the wicked”

Blessed ≠ Successful

Psalm 93:3-5 

The good life is to be a source of life.

It seems that according to Psalm 1, living your best life has very little to do with whether or not you are comfortable or rich, and has much more to do with whether or not you are a source of life in the world. 

The righteous one brings life and nourishment while the wicked becomes nothing.