A Continual Feast

A Continual Feast

But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Psalm 1:2

What delights us is an accurate reflection of who we are. A true craftsman delights in work well done. An artist delights in a well-finished piece. A wise counselor delights in a good conclusion to a delicate matter. The ‘blessed’ man of Psalm 1 delights in the words and ways of God as He has revealed them in the Scripture. These things delight him in ways he cannot often adequately express. The joy of them runs to the very soul of him, to his innermost being. The word of God is to such a person a deep well, full of the purest water. With joy he draws water out of the, ‘well of salvation’ again and again, not just occasionally, but many times a day. Here is the chart and compass that guides our wandering souls to Christ. Here is the art gallery wherein we find the manifold portraits of the Altogether Lovely One. Here is the storehouse of the Divine Provider who feeds us with ‘a feast of fat things,’ and gives us to drink of the ‘wine upon the lees, and good wine, well refined.’ So delightful is this Word to us, that we will search it every day, in every way, just to catch another glimpse of Christ. We will open its’ pages, time after time, to inhale the fragrance of the Lily of the Valley, and to fill our noses with the perfume of the Rose of Sharon. This is our delight, ‘both day and night.’

Our Loving, Kind and Gracious Savior,
we rejoice today in You, our Ever-living Well,
we praise You, that You satisfy our thirsty souls with the eternal water
that You so abundantly provide.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning