"This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall
meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to
all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous,
and then you will have good success."
Joshua 1:8 (NKJV)
Every week, my phone and my tablet produce a usage report telling me what apps I used the most in the past week. From this usage report, I can see where I have been spending time while I was using my phone and my tablet. Most of the time, I am not surprised with the app usage, because I know what I had been doing for the past week with my phone and tablet. But sometimes I am a bit surprised that I have used an app as much as I did, and sometimes the usage report shows me that I used an app less than I thought I had.
When Joshua became the leader of Israel, God told Joshua how to be successful. God told Joshua to keep the Law in his mouth and meditate in it day and night. In terms of New Testament believers, we would say that it is necessary to meditate on and speak God's Word, think about it, and make it a part of our life, every day. But, while this is God's plan for success in everything He directs us to do, the real question is if we are actually doing this, day and night, or if it is just an occasional thing?
Just like God told Joshua, God's Word needs to be a part of our life, every day, and every night, all of the time. For some Christians, God's Word is a part of their life on Sunday, or in an emergency. The quantity of time we spend with God's Word is not the point, but we all need to have a regular time in God's Word, every day, and make it a vital part of our life. If we had some kind of a Bible usage report that we saw every week, would we be pleasantly surprised at how much time we devoted to God's Word, or shocked at how little it is a part of our life?
Joshua 1:8 (NKJV)
Every week, my phone and my tablet produce a usage report telling me what apps I used the most in the past week. From this usage report, I can see where I have been spending time while I was using my phone and my tablet. Most of the time, I am not surprised with the app usage, because I know what I had been doing for the past week with my phone and tablet. But sometimes I am a bit surprised that I have used an app as much as I did, and sometimes the usage report shows me that I used an app less than I thought I had.
When Joshua became the leader of Israel, God told Joshua how to be successful. God told Joshua to keep the Law in his mouth and meditate in it day and night. In terms of New Testament believers, we would say that it is necessary to meditate on and speak God's Word, think about it, and make it a part of our life, every day. But, while this is God's plan for success in everything He directs us to do, the real question is if we are actually doing this, day and night, or if it is just an occasional thing?
Just like God told Joshua, God's Word needs to be a part of our life, every day, and every night, all of the time. For some Christians, God's Word is a part of their life on Sunday, or in an emergency. The quantity of time we spend with God's Word is not the point, but we all need to have a regular time in God's Word, every day, and make it a vital part of our life. If we had some kind of a Bible usage report that we saw every week, would we be pleasantly surprised at how much time we devoted to God's Word, or shocked at how little it is a part of our life?
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