Do you meditate on the word day and night?Today's Scripture:
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.
Joshua 1:8
You have only so many hours in the week. You work more than forty hours; perhaps you volunteer or help out with church projects several hours per week; eat, sleep, hopefully spend quality time with your family in the remainder. You seemingly do not have much time left, certainly not 24/7, to meditate on the Bible. Balancing life is challenging for many people. The truth is that by embracing the truths of the Bible, you actually can live more accordingly with God's plan, which breeds prosperity and success.
The solution to balancing life is the ability to multitask. I share this with as a chronic multi-tasker I speak from which I have known most of my life...from age 8. In our spiritual lives we can be just as creative to help make our time more productive.
You can employ many strategies for meditating on the Bible by integrating it into other tasks and areas of your life.
By listening to worship or Christian praise music while preparing for your day, you not only energize your spirit but learn the Bible too. Whether you carpool or catch another type of ride or transportation be it bus, subway or in your car, you can listen to Scripture or spiritual meditations via CD or on you Ipod or mp3 player or by playing inspirational audio books during your commute to and from work.
Sharing a family memory verse is another way to meditate on the Bible with your family. I had some old blank business card stationary for my home office printer that worked great for this...just put the verse and where it came from on the card and you could print out several for you family to carry with them during the week. Often if you have them your children or grandchildren can provide the verse from one they learned in their Sunday school class at church. This makes them fill vested in your family's spiritual growth. You can review the verse daily at breakfast or at the dinner table. Dinner talk can be a great time for informal devotions with your spouse or family. In business, you can put this into practice through your company newsletter, thought-of-the-day email, or some worked into that weekly staff meeting. I find that if I ask of special needs or friends or family members with needs I always have the moment of spiritual connection with my workers.
Selah people and friends think creatively to find ways to incorporate your desire to learn the Bible into your other priorities in life. Determine at least one strategy and put it into practice this week.
"Today is the best time to start incorporating God's word into more parts of your life daily."
Your pastor,
Rev Patrick Muston
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