Psalms 1:1 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. (KJV)

Are you blessed?

You serve an amazing God. He chose you, knowing who you were and what you would and would not do. He made a way for you to be blessed. He gave you the key. When you want to be blessed:

1. You don’t ask for advice from people who don’t love God. 

Proverbs 4:19 The way of the wicked is like darkness; They do not know what makes them stumble. (NKJV)

• Why? Because you know they will not use God’s truth and love to help solve a problem. 

Proverbs 14:12 You can rationalize it all you want and justify the path of error you have chosen, but you’ll find out in the end that you took the road to destruction. (TPT)

1. You also don’t ask for advice from people who say they love God, but don’t live like it. 

Psalms 64:2 Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, From the rebellion of the workers of iniquity. (NKJV)

• Why? Because you may make the mistake of having a best friend who is unsaved or carnal. Their motivation is self-serving (refer to item 1.)

Matthew 6:24 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon”. (NKJV)

1. You don’t frequent places where sinners congregate and fellowship. 

Ephesians 5:11 Take no part in and have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds and enterprises of darkness, but instead [let your lives be so in contrast as to] expose and reprove and convict them. (AMPC)

• Why? Because you don’t want to damage your witness. I know you go to the club to evangelize. How many have you led to the Lord? Birds of a feather flock together. 

2 Corinthians 6:14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers [do not make mismated alliances with them or come under a different yoke with them, inconsistent with your faith]. For what partnership have right living and right standing with God with iniquity and lawlessness? Or how can light have fellowship with darkness? (AMPC)

1. You don’t join with those who see life from a place of disdain and criticism. 

Jeremiah 15:17 I did not sit in the assembly of the mockers, Nor did I rejoice; I sat alone because of Your hand, For You have filled me with indignation. (NKJV)

• Why? Because you know God has provided peace and an expected end for the best life you can have. There is no place for negative talk in the life of a believer. 

Colossians 4:6 Be gracious in your speech. The goal is to bring out the best in others in a conversation, not put them down, not cut them out. (MSG)

Psalms 1:1 arms you with what you need for the blessings of God to flow continually.

Please agree with me as I pray. Then ask the Lord what your prayer should be and wait for His response:

Father, thank You for blessing me. Thank You for giving me the key to receive Your blessings without end. I repent when I did not get my advice from You and You alone. I know it should not come from those who do not have respect for You and Your way. I don’t want You to always see me in places with people who don’t love You. I don’t want to cause anyone to stumble, thinking my love for You is not real. I don’t want to look at life from a perspective of anger and disappointment. Your word says: all things work together for the good, to those who love You and are the called according to Your purpose. I love You and I am called according to Your purpose. “All things” means my life and everything I encounter as I live it. I bless Your name…

Ask the lord what he wants to say to you about today’s devotional and journal it here: