“I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.” (Psalm 119:11)
Moses was dead and Joshua was the new leader of the Israelites. Moses had lead them for forty years and now, as they were about to enter the Promised Land, he was gone and he would never lead them again. I am sure that Joshua felt inadequate as he stood by the Jordan River. How could he begin to replace Moses? Though Moses was unique, he was not indispensable. God had a new man and Joshua was that man.
As Joshua waited before the Lord he was given a promise. The promise was that God would go with him and be with him. However, there was a condition attached to the the promise that condition was that he was to be obedient to the Word of God. God gave him this message, “Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.” Joshua 1:8
The same command is given to us as was given to Joshua. If we are to be prosperous and successful in our Christian walk then we must be obedient to the Word of God. We are to meditate on it, we are to mull it over in our minds and we are to talk about it. In order to meditate on the Word of God I have to have God’s Word in my heart. I have to read it, study it, memorize it, talk about it, and pray it back to God. God’s Word has to be hidden in my heart.
The Psalmist wrote, “But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night” Psalm 1:2 Is our testimony the testimony of Joshua? Do we delight in the Law of God?
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