Transforming Our Lives - Sharon Weeks-Alleyne

Transforming Our Lives

Sharon Weeks-Alleyne

The Bible is full of scripture; Proverbs, Psalms, and stories that are there to assist us in transforming our lives. In this Month’s Issue I would like us to look at PSALMS 1 which is so helpful if we want to see changes in our lives.

It starts out by saying: “BLESSED IS THE MAN THAT WALKETH NOT IN THE COUNSEL OF THE

UNGODLY…”

If you really want to be blessed/happy, you should not seek ungodly counsel and many times these are the type persons we seek out because they will tell us exactly what we want to hear. If we have marital problems, especially when we feel we are in the right, we don’t want to hear try the fruit of the spirit. We go to the person who will tell us the opposite because that is how we feel in the moment. We want to lash out, but The Word is telling us not to go that route if we really want to be Blessed and Happy.

It also admonishes us: “NOT TO STAND IN THE WAY OF SINNER…” Growing up in Church we were taught this meant not going to the cinema, ungodly family gatherings or parties that were not Christian, but this is speaking to more than missing out on family gatherings. It is speaking of our everyday lives, who we associate with on a daily basis, the conversations, the things we do with others and the things we feed our minds and souls with. We may say ‘Oh, I’m fine, they can’t change me’, but it does. It is like taking a pure bucket of spring water and you keep dropping muddy, murky water in it, that water becomes contaminated and so do we.

“NOR SIT IN THE SEAT OF THE SCORNFUL…” This shows that after standing we get comfortable; we take a seat; we are relaxed in the setting now. We are participating in their lewd jokes, their mockery about Christians and Christianity. It doesn’t make us uncomfortable, and we are at the stage where we no longer mention our faith.

“HIS DELIGHT IS IN THE LAW OF THE LORD AND HE MEDITATES ON IT DAY AND NIGHT…” This is straightforward…our happiness, joy and blessings come from meditating on God’s Word and the things of God. We do so every opportunity we get.

“THE UNGODLY ARE NOT SO BUT ARE LIKE A CHAFF WHICH THE WIND DRIVES AWAY…” This is saying to us that the ungodly does not have the joy that comes from God. They keep blowing with every wind to find happiness; the next party, the next beer, the next high, they are seeking but can’t find satisfaction.

“THEREFORE THE UNGODLY CANNOT STAND IN THE JUDGMENT, NOR SINNERS IN THE CONGREGATION OF THE RIGHTEOUS, FOR THE LORD KNOW THE WAY OF THE RIGHTEOUS BUT THE WAY OF THE UNGODLY SHALL PERISH.” So, we know if we are not rooted and grounded in God and His Word and we’re just blowing about like a dry leaf, we will not be able to stand in the judgement; as God knows the heart of all who are seeking Him and know Him, and their lives are reflecting Him.

So we simply must make a choice, we must either be transformed by The Word or conform to The World. Joshua 24:14-15 states “CHOOSE YOU THIS DAY WHOM YOU

WILL SERVE”.