"DAY AND NIGHT!"

Joshua 1:5-9                        (ESV)

"5 No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.

6 Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.

7 Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.

8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it "DAY AND NIGHT", so that you may be careful 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.

9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your GOD is with you wherever you go."

“Within the covers of the BIBLE are the answers for ALL THE PROBLEMS men face.”   ―Former President Ronald Reagan

There is no "magic cure" or "hidden recipe" for having a successful life, family, or country!  GOD instructed Joshua THREE times in the first chapter of Joshua to be "strong and courageous".  But GOD also told Joshua "Do not turn from it (God's Law) to the right hand or to the left, THAT YOU MAY HAVE GOOD SUCCESS WHEREVER YOU GO"!  No great recipe, other than following The Creators written instructions!  

It should be recognized that the EMPHASIS is not on GOOD SUCCESS, but on meditating GOD's Word "DAY AND NIGHT"!  We have a tendency of judging someone's WALK by their bank account.  If there is an abundance of resources, we assume there is a path we should follow.  The path each person should follow is different.  Only The Creator can determine what path should be taken for each life.  

No one wants to follow those successful people when they are going through some trials, even if it is on their way to the success.  No journey is without its detours and pitfalls. The key to being a SUCCESS is keeping your focus on where you are headed.  GOD's Word is a roadmap for life.  Keeping its precepts and practices constantly before us, "DAY AND NIGHT", is the most sure way "you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success".  

From Joshua's time, to Ronald Reagan's time, and even today, the prescription has never changed.  Proverbs 3:5-6 says to "TRUST in the LORD with ALL YOUR HEART, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge HIM, and HE will make straight your paths."  If we trust HIM with ALL our heart, it should follow that we will obey HIS Word "DAY AND NIGHT"!