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 "This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful 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

 

A little context to this verse... After Moses's death , the Lord is speaking to Joshua and this is what He says ... Lets read from verse 1 - 6 , "After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, “Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel. Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses. From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun shall be your territory. No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you. Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them."

Wow ! Such awesome promises and assurances from God.

 

- Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you (Don't you just love the part where God says 'where your foot WILL tread , I HAVE given to you". God has already established it. He just needs to walk)

 

- From the wilderness and Lebanon, as far as Euphrates and the land of Hittites to the great sea toward the going down of the sun shall be your territory

 

- No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life

 

- Just as I was with Moses so I will be with you

 

- I will not leave you or forsake you

 

- Be strong and courageous for you shall cause these people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them (God is going to use him to fulfill the promises given regarding the promised land spoken to their forefathers.. wow )

 

And here is the best part. So in order for all of this to happen.. what did Joshua have to do ? Train day and night ? Go hire the best blacksmiths he could find and design the best weaponry ? Start forming alliances with other kings to make all of this happen ?

 

A lot of times we try to 'make' things happen and miss the most essential, the basic, the key to it all... Lets read verses 7-8, "Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go. This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful 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."

 

Isnt that amazing ! This is the key to success. And now you know why the first thing that the patterns of this world will cause us to compromise is our time with God. The first lie of the enemy is that , "Ah you dont need to read your Bible.. "

 

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful 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

 

God Bless