Thu Jun 5

Listen up, little ones

Listen for the word blessed (or happy)..

Reading

Psalms 1-2—Who is Blessed?

Keys for kids

• Psalms 1-2 show how to be blessed.
• Psalms 1-2 show the danger of being against God.
• Both the blessed and the non-blessed will come to an end.

Questions

1. How is one blessed in Psalm 1?
2. How is one blessed in Psalm 2?
3. What ends are given in these psalms? And for whom?

Notes

Psalms 1 and 2 are sometimes called the “twin pillars” of the Psalms. In many ways they introduce the material of the Psalter. And, reading them together, they begin and end with a description of blessed people. To be blessed is to be in a position to be happy due to the kindnesses of God. The Hebrew word is plural which Boice notes denotes either a multiplicity of blessings or an intensification of them.

And in both of these Psalms the blessed ones are set in contrast with others who are in a different position. In Psalm 1 the contrast is between the righteous and the wicked. The blessed one is the one who, rather than loving the ways of the wicked, loves the law of God. In Psalm 2 the contrast is between the ones who seek to escape the rule of God and His Christ and the ones who place their trust in the Lord’s Ruling Son.

Putting them together, then, we see that the one who loves Christ also loves God’s law. In contrast, the wicked one rejects God’s law and God’s Son. Which one are you? One will receive God’s abundance of blessedness. The other will be destroyed in God’s righteous judgment.

Swedish Method questions

Praise

Psalm 1a, 119s

Prayer

1. Rejoice if you are blessed in Christ.
2. Pray for the preparation for preaching God’s word this Sunday.
3. Pray for a member of our church, for your family, and for a non-Christian friend/family member.