1How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,
Nor stand in the path of sinners,
Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!
2But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
And in His law he meditates day and night.
3He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water,
Which yields its fruit in its season
And its leaf does not wither;
And in whatever he does, he prospers.
4The wicked are not so,
But they are like chaff which the wind drives away.
5Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6For the LORD knows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the wicked will perish.
Psalm 1
Jesus delights in His Father's Law or in the broader sense in His word. He is the very Word of God in the flesh and He delights in being that Word and being in the word. In the Gospel accounts we constantly read about Jesus going to His Father's house, the temple, where He would be in the word. Even as a boy He was in the Temple teaching the teachers the Law and Gospel and they were amazed. When He wasn't in the Temple He was still preaching the word to everyone He came across.
Jesus desires that we hear His word so that we may be in Him. The word is all about Jesus and what He does for us. It shows Him obeying the Law perfectly and pleasing His Father in heaven. It speaks of Him suffering and bearing the cross for our sin. We are absolved of our sins by the Word. The Word declares us righteous for Jesus' sake by the grace He gives us through the faith He gives us. This is all accomplished by Christ alone who is One with the Father and Holy Ghost.
There is much about God and His word that we can't understand or may even doubt in our sinful flesh, but His word has the power to change our hearts and souls and very beings. The Holy Ghost uses the word and sacraments to give us faith. When we are in the Word we are like the tree firmly planted by streams of water. When we are in Christ He produces fruit in us, He keeps us from withering, He prospers our work. Thanks be to God for giving us His word, now my we hold it sacred and gladly hear and learn it.
