Good Success !

(Good Success) "This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shall make thy way prosperous and then thou shall have good success." (Joshua 1:8) Moses God's servant had died, and Joshua was to lead the people into the Promised Land. In that dispensation of time all they had was the book of the law of Moses. God told Joshua in the text that is quoted above that if he wanted good success that the book of the law shall not depart out of his mouth but that he should meditate therein day and night to observe to do it, and then they shall make their way prosperous and then they shall have good success. Good success is a way of life that comes from being established in the Word of God. The Old Testament was written for our admonition in other words for our learning on how God dealt with the people in that dispensation of time. The New Testament is for our dispensation of time ! Good success it comes from spending so much of your time and your thought life on the word that it becomes what you and I could call "second nature." Now God is speaking to us now and he is saying that this book of the New Testament thou shalt meditate therein day and night to observe to do according to all that is written therein that thou may make thy way prosperous and have good success. It comes from hearing and obeying the word soul constantly that it begins to guide your actions even when you're not consciously thinking about it. Law And Grace will not mix like oil and water. Yet many believers have been taught to do so by men and women who call themselves preachers, and therefore bring the people back under the curse of the law. In my minds eye, I'd visualized everything that could occur in my life I trained myself by meditating on what I needed to do. And that's exactly what I started doing with the Word of God, primarily with the New Testament. I thought about it day and night. Before long, I started getting excited about what I was reading and learning. I'd sit at home and think about how I'd apply the Word of God in different situations. I'd see myself praying for the sick and having them recover. The Word became "second nature" to me. Practice meditating on the Word of God that way. Primarily the New Testament letters to the believers ! Let it become part of you. See yourself obeying it in every possible circumstance. It will guaranteed you "good success." (Psalms 1)