FAITH CAPSULE: Give yourself to the word of God as a sacrifice.
Numbers 32
Word of God is certain and consistent to deliver when it is constantly engaged. Joshua is an evidence of giving self to the word of God constantly. After Moses, God commanded Joshua to constantly engage the word. Joshua 1:8 recorded, “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.” God’s word pointed out to Joshua the importance of meditating on the word as the way for Joshua to be successful in his divine assignment. With constant meditation word is set to impact one’s life and the spirit of faith shall be established. With spirit of faith, following the Lord God wholly shall become one’s identity in the walk of life.
The importance of engaging the word of God constantly as God laid it down for Joshua, Paul the apostle also bolstered the importance of engaging the word of God in 1Timothy 4:15, “Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all.” Paul’s command about meditation testifies to the importance of meditation. Meditation is a labor which requires spending day and night, giving oneself to word as a sacrifice. Meditation is labor and labor is a sacrifice. A believer which constantly meditate on the word of God day and night is set to reap from the promising blessings of meditation.
Obviously, constantly meditating the word of God will identify one to wholly follow God. To wholly follow God is also a key to be prosperous and to have good success working the works of God. Such prosperous and good success is to become established getting to expected journey of life God’s promise. (the Promised Land)
Joshua was an example of one with meditating the word of God and was identified with good success to arrive expected end in his life journey. Numbers32:11-12 recorded “Surely none of the men who came up from Egypt, from twenty years old and above, shall see the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because they have not wholly followed Me, expect Caleb the son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have wholly followed the Lord.’” Following God wholly is demonstrating the spirit of faith which Caleb and Joshua did. Does it occur to you the importance of constant meditation over the word of God?
Written word of God is for our profit. 2Timothy 3:16 encouraged, “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,” As it was profitable to the men of God in the Bible days, so it is profitable to any that makes the choice of meditating on the word of God constantly.
Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace to be meditating the word of God day and night.