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Delight in the Law

An episode of the King's Table Church Sermons podcast, hosted by Steve Savage, titled "Delight in the Law" was published on November 10, 2024 and runs 37 minutes.

November 10, 2024 ·37m · King's Table Church Sermons

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Summary

Happy is the one who delights in the law of God! Sin does not bring happiness. While the grass might seem green on the side of self-indulgence, it does not actually produce a blessed life. Happiness waits for the one who avoids the advice of the wicked, the path of sinners, and the company of mockers. This blessed life of happy contentment is produced from delight in the Lord's instruction. Let us not think about the law as shackles! The law of the Lord is a life-giving delight. One with which we should occupy our hearts and minds continually. The one who does this will be blessed with steadfastness, stability, and fruitfulness. The law of the Lord might challenge you and push you, but it will also plant you and root you and sustain you.Do you struggle to be happy? Do you feel steady or chaotic? The reason you feel so tossed about may be that you are not delighting the law of the Lord! That you are not fully walking in his ways and finding the blessing he has placed along those paths! The Psalmist tells us that those who don't walk in the Lord's ways are like chaff that the wind blows away. Their roots are shallow. They are susceptible to the changing breeze. If your life feels more "tossed about" than "rooted and bearing fruit," let that give you pause that it more resembles the path of the wicked than the righteous! Don't continue walking in that way because the wicked will not stand up in the judgment. You have been given Christ - who stands us in the assembly of the righteous! Therefore, walk in the way of the righteous knowing that the Lord watches over you. And beware neglecting his law for other paths because they all lead to ruin.

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Happy is the one who delights in the law of God! Sin does not bring happiness. While the grass might seem green on the side of self-indulgence, it does not actually produce a blessed life. Happiness waits for the one who avoids the advice of the wicked, the path of sinners, and the company of mockers. This blessed life of happy contentment is produced from delight in the Lord's instruction. Let us not think about the law as shackles! The law of the Lord is a life-giving delight. One with which we should occupy our hearts and minds continually. The one who does this will be blessed with steadfastness, stability, and fruitfulness. The law of the Lord might challenge you and push you, but it will also plant you and root you and sustain you.


Do you struggle to be happy? Do you feel steady or chaotic? The reason you feel so tossed about may be that you are not delighting the law of the Lord! That you are not fully walking in his ways and finding the blessing he has placed along those paths! The Psalmist tells us that those who don't walk in the Lord's ways are like chaff that the wind blows away. Their roots are shallow. They are susceptible to the changing breeze. If your life feels more "tossed about" than "rooted and bearing fruit," let that give you pause that it more resembles the path of the wicked than the righteous! Don't continue walking in that way because the wicked will not stand up in the judgment. You have been given Christ - who stands us in the assembly of the righteous! Therefore, walk in the way of the righteous knowing that the Lord watches over you. And beware neglecting his law for other paths because they all lead to ruin.

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