"DAY AND NIGHT!"

"DAY AND NIGHT!"

Joshua 1:7-8                                    (ESV)

"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."

Watching my weight has been something that I have had difficulties for years.  I didn't know how bad my problems were until I experienced the Brain Hemorrhage in 2007.  When I discovered a few years later from reading my medical records what my weight was on that memorable morning, I was almost shocked.  Eating healthier has become more of a passion for me instead of a goal.  However, the flesh is weak and I still struggle eating TOO MUCH at times, and eating the wrong things at other times!

But even though our physical appearance is usually easier to see, a person's Spiritual appearance can take Spiritual eyes examining to be able to recognize it.  A person who is malnourished physically can be identified rather easily, while a Spiritually malnourished person may even be in a position of leadership in a church fellowship.  Just because they are put where they are by people in "this world" doesn't mean they have been grown by the SPIRIT of GOD ALMIGHTY to perform HIS work.  Some of the most Spiritually mature people I've ever been exposed to are people who GOD hasn't risen to prominence as far as "this world" is concerned.  

We cannot "fake" the lessons that GOD has taught.  Joshua was known by THE LORD to be a man who seemingly couldn't get enough of HIS WORD and HIS statutes.  As far back as in Genesis 33:11 scripture records "Thus the LORD used to speak to Moses face to face, AS A MAN SPEAKS TO HIS FRIEND. When Moses turned again into the camp, HIS ASSISTANT JOSHUA THE SON OF NUN, A YOUNG MAN, WOULD NOT DEPART FROM THE TENT!"  Of course we know, Joshua was used to lead the children of Israel on the final leg into the Promised Land, something that was a tremendous honor.  I am of the opinion that Joshua's love for THE WORD, even in his younger days, made THE LORD know that he would follow HIS leaders "DAY AND NIGHT"!  

We cannot think that just because we are under GRACE that our Spiritual Warfare has diminished, in the least!  The enemy is always "roaming about, seeking whom he may devour" (1 Peter 5:8), especially as his time draws to an end!  We have been told for a really long time to study HIS WORD "DAY AND NIGHT", and the message is even more desperate today.  There are plenty of us who physically eat every day, but not many eat Spiritually everyday, and certainly not "DAY AND NIGHT"!