With a fresh new year, I have been re motivated to get back into a better discipline of reading my Bible ever single day. I want to persevere this year and not slack off. I will need God's help in that area. Especially if I do this in addition to my Bible study class which requires a good bit of homework. In years past I have chosen a reading plan that reads straight through form Genesis to Revelation, but this year I am trying a new plan where I read from a different part of the Bible each day alternating between the the law and books of history, the Psalms and poetry books, prophesy, the gospels, ect.
Today my reading was definitely motivation to keep up on my plan. I read in Joshua and came across this verse...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 This is a commandment about staying in God's word, followed by the reward that will come from being obedient. I know I long to be prosperous and successful, this verse tells me how to do it!
Then, I moved on to Psalms ( I am a little behind, so I had to cover 2 readings today) and came across this verse: Blessed is the man......(who)delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. Psalm 1:1-4
I am in awe at how God taught me the same thing in two different verses today. I will write these in my journal as a reminder of why it is so important for me to make God's word a priority this year, and the blessing that will come from being obedient.
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