Everyone is searching for happiness, but most people are looking in places that can never truly satisfy. Psalm 1 opens the entire book of Psalms by drawing a sharp contrast between two kinds of lives—the godly and the ungodly—and it shows us that the pathway to real and lasting happiness isn’t found in chasing sin, following the crowd, or depending on circumstances. Instead, true happiness comes from a life rooted in God’s Word, delighting in His truth, and drawing strength from Him like a tree planted by streams of water. This psalm is both a warning and an invitation: a warning that the way of the ungodly leads to emptiness and ruin, but an invitation to pursue the joy, stability, and fruitfulness that only come from walking with God.