Morning, January 27
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Bible League: Living His Word
. . . "Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; 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.

In Joshua's day, if you wanted to meditate on the Word of God, then all you had was the "Book of the Law." This is what Christian scholars call the "Pentateuch," the first five books of the Old Testament written by Moses. In our day, of course, we have much more at our disposal for meditation: both Old and New Testaments. In each era, however, meditating on the Word of God leads to the same result: prosperity and success.

The reason for this is that when one meditates on the Word one begins to see reality from God's perspective; one begins to see reality for what it actually is. Those who meditate on the Word become wise. David said that by meditating on God's Word he became wiser than his enemies, teachers, and elders (Psalm 119:97-100). The wise person knows what to do and how to prosper and be successful in life. That's why Solomon prayed for wisdom when he wanted success as King of Israel (I Kings 3).

Meditation on the Word of God is the practice of focusing one's thoughts on the Word to reflect on it, ponder over it, memorize it, and pray about it. It helps us with what the Apostle Paul would call the "renewing of our minds" and thus keeps us from being "conformed to this world" (Romans 12:2). It should not be confused with Eastern mystical meditation. Mysticism usually involves the emptying of the mind, whereas Christian meditation involves filling the mind with the Word of God.

Don't forget the obedience part of God's admonition to Joshua. It doesn't make much sense to meditate on the Word and never put it into practice. Wise people don't just know things, they also do things.

Bible in a Year
Old Testament Reading
Exodus 13, 14, 15


Exodus 13 -- Consecration of the Firstborn; God Leads the People out

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Exodus 14 -- Pharaoh Pursues; The Red Sea is Parted

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Exodus 15 -- Song of Moses and Miriam; The Lord Provides Water

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New Testament Reading
Matthew 19:1-15


Matthew 19 -- Divorce; Jesus and the Little Children; the Rich Young Ruler

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Reading Plan Courtesy of Christian Classics Etherial Library.
Tyndale Life Application Daily Devotion
Satan replied to the LORD, “Yes, but Job has good reason to fear God. You have always put a wall of protection around him and his home and his property. You have made him prosper in everything he does. Look how rich he is!”
Insight
Satan attacked Job's motives, saying that Job was blameless and had integrity only because he had no reason to turn against God. Satan wanted to prove that Job worshiped God not out of love but because God had given him so much. Satan accurately analyzed why many people trust God. They are fair-weather believers, following God only when everything is going well or for what they can get. Adversity destroys this kind of superficial faith. But adversity strengthens real faith by causing believers to dig their roots deeper into God in order to withstand storms.
Challenge
How deep does your faith go? Put the roots of your faith down deep into God so that you can withstand any storm you may face.
Morning and Evening by Spurgeon
John 1:16  And of his fulness have all we received.

These words tell us that there is a fulness in Christ. There is a fulness of essential Deity, for "in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead." There is a fulness of perfect manhood, for in him, bodily, that Godhead was revealed. There is a fulness of atoning efficacy in his blood, for "the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanseth us from all sin." There is a fulness of justifying righteousness in his life, for "there is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus." There is a fulness of divine prevalence in his plea, for "He is able to save to the uttermost them that come unto God by him; seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them." There is a fulness of victory in his death, for through death he destroyed him that had the power of death, that is the devil. There is a fulness of efficacy in his resurrection from the dead, for by it "we are begotten again unto a lively hope." There is a fulness of triumph in his ascension, for "when he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and received gifts for men." There is a fulness of blessings of every sort and shape; a fulness of grace to pardon, of grace to regenerate, of grace to sanctify, of grace to preserve, and of grace to perfect. There is a fulness at all times; a fulness of comfort in affliction; a fulness of guidance in prosperity. A fulness of every divine attribute, of wisdom, of power, of love; a fulness which it were impossible to survey, much less to explore. "It pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell." Oh, what a fulness must this be of which all receive! Fulness, indeed, must there be when the stream is always flowing, and yet the well springs up as free, as rich, as full as ever. Come, believer, and get all thy need supplied; ask largely, and thou shalt receive largely, for this "fulness" is inexhaustible, and is treasured up where all the needy may reach it, even in Jesus, Immanuel--God with us.

Daily Light on the Daily Path
1 John 3:5  You know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin.

Hebrews 1:13  But to which of the angels has He ever said, "SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET "?

2 Corinthians 5:21  He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

1 Peter 1:17-20  If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth; • knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, • but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. • For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for the sake of you

2 Corinthians 5:14,15  For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; • and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf.

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