Two Aspects of Godliness Psalms 1

 

• Two Aspects of Godliness
•  Psalms 1

On the one hand, there are a good number of people who are quite moral in their approach to life, but not spiritual, e.g. atheists. And on the other hand there are people involved in spiritual realm, like ministry, church have no morals or struggling to keep up with. These are two ends of a pool of which Psalm 1 portray a clear picture. So let’s get into the word of God to understand how one can balance his/her life and remain Godly in the context of prevailing ungodliness.

     

1. Moral Aspect of Godliness.

v.1 deals with the moral life of a person

·        Walking- in a sense refers to an influence that comes ungodly. You walk or follow only when you get influenced by someone. So one has to be pretty much careful in getting influenced from the things around him/her while one lives in this present society. Let not evil influence us.

·        Standing- in a sense it refers to interest of a person toward something that he/she got influenced from. When you are influenced you are attracted and then you develop an interest or craving. Again, one needs to be careful where his /her interest is. Developing an interest in godly-activities is necessary.

·        Sitting- in a sense deals with the indulgence. You get accompanied with the same kind of people who are well indulged in such activity, that you got influenced first and then got interested in. Looking for one’s fellowship is very important.

2. Spiritual Aspect of Godliness.  

v.2 deals with the godly life of a person.

The word God appears, for the first time in the passage. After morality comes spirituality.

This begins with the delight for the law of Lord. In order for one to be Godly is get influenced by word, first, then to develop a love or interest for word of God.

Second, mediate the word of God day and night. This doesn't mean reading bible 24/7, but it’s about meditating just as cattle do, which is more of mastication. And this is not possible unless one is influenced, attracted and taken by the wonder of God’s word, just as worldly men taken aback by worldliness.  

Just as a coin that integrates two aspects can’t be a coin without these two, a godly can’t be a godly without these two; morality and spirituality. Morality is a prerequisite to spirituality and spirituality is the essence of Godliness.  




Source: A gospel message preached at CITS by Rev. Bijaya Nag.

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