Pill or Liver

 Greetings to  you all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

     Psalm 1:1-3 says, “ 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.  But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.   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.”

     I take a lot of pills everyday.  I think there are about ten of them in the morning and about seven in the evening.  Of the ten, there is one little green pill that is an iron tablet.  I was once found to be a little short on the iron so have to take a pill for it as I was a tad anemic, so I was told.  Now there are other ways in which to get iron.  I could drink a solution that tastes terrible or I could eat liver.  Both of those are very disagreeable to me so I take the little pill amidst all of the other ones.  I figure that if it knows where to go and what to do, it is far better than eating a portion of liver everyday.

     The above passage reminds and exhorts us that it is far better for us to walk in a special way than to follow the course that this world would plan out for us.  The emphasis is on the Word of God.  The passage refers to the “law of the LORD.”  When you begin looking at the scriptures, you find that the law of the lord is just another name for the Bible.  When you examine the ten commandments, you find that it is our obligation to love the Lord our God with all of our heart, all of our strength, all of our mind and all of our soul.  That is a summation of the first four commandments and then we are to love our neighbor as ourselves, which is a summation of the following six commandments.  How we do that is the occupation of a lifetime.  The above passage mentions the fact that the person who loves God and that the person will meditate on the Word of God day and night.   For us, it comes down to what is important, or at least, what is the most important thing in our lives?  As I mentioned about iron, there are several ways to get  it into your body.  Well, there are several ways to get the Word of God into our spiritual lives.  The first is simply to read it, which some seem to have a problem doing as they think they don’t understand it and so stop after reading a few chapters and then wait for someone else to tell them what it says.  Then, we can hear the word of God which is quite easy these days with the various devices we have with which to listen as the Word of God is read to us.  Then, we can study it.  That’s when you get a pencil in your hand and mark various things in your Bible and ask yourself questions about various statements.  You may not understand them now, but you may in the future when you come across the answer to a previously asked question.  Then, there is memorizing it.  Yes, it takes time but it is a good practice as it is helpful when you are tempted.  Finally, there is meditation.  Think about t