Day 10
Joshua 1:8 amplified version
"This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe and do according to all that is written in it;.."
The purpose of Joshua speaking God's words and meditating them was so he might observe and do what God said. It is not the mere repeating of words or contemplating them that would give him success, but the being a doer of them. Isaiah 1:19 (amplified) says, "If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land." Obedience is the path to God's blessings, and having constant aware ness of God's word enables us to be more obedient. The psalmist said in Psalm 119:ll(NN) "I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you."
We must commit the scriptures to memory and recall them continually to keep us on the right path. When we are not doing as well as God desires, we can examine our behavior in the areas of contemplating, speaking, or rehearsing, and in doing.
I commit God's words to memory and contemplate and recall them continually, that I may be a doer of them. As a result, I deal wisely and have good success.