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MEDITATING UPON GOD’S WORD

Joshua 1:8—Joshua had just succeeded Moses as the nation of Israel’s leader. Moses, who had led the nation for forty years, had the benefit that all the wisdom and culture of Egypt and the king’s household could provide. Moses was a seasoned, multitalented man who had walked closely with God. By contrast, Joshua was relatively untried. He was assuming an awesome responsibility in taking command of two-and-a-half million people. If anyone needed a formula for success, Joshua did. Likely, there were many well-meaning people with all kinds of advice and formulas to help Joshua in the seemingly impossible task that lay ahead. What comfort and assurance it must have been as the Lord spoke directly to Joshua, assuring him He would be present with him as He had been with Moses (Josh. 1:5), and giving him the key to success—meditating upon God’s Word.

Joshua was to meditate upon the Word of God day and night (i.e., at all times), and was promised prosperity and good success in the God-given task that was ahead. Reading and memorizing God’s Word provide the basis for meditating upon God’s Word. We meditate upon the Word of God by repeatedly pondering it and rehearsing what it says to understand its implications for the situations of life. Meditating upon the Word of God is a channel to prosperity and blessing in the new life.

This Bible study is an excerpt fromThe OPEN Bible, Published by Thomas Nelson Bibles