The Importance and Duty of
Meditating on the Word of God
by I. C. Herendeen
"This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth: but thou shalt meditate therein day and night that (in order that) thou mayest observe to do all that is written therein: for then shalt thou make thy way prosperous, and then shalt thou have good success." (Joshua 1:8)
God was not here giving Joshua mere good advice which he would be free to heed or not as he might desire, but instead He was giving him a commandment which he was to "obey, and that "day and night," i.e. constantly. And this commandment was not for Joshua alone but for you and me and every other servant and follower of the Lord as well, for "Whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning" (Rom. 15:4) and obedience. God told Jeremiah in 7:23, "Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you." God expects and demands that we shall be an obedient people, keeping (observing and practicing) whatsoever He has commanded us. We profess to have received Him as our "Lord and Saviour" and therefore we are to look to Him at all times and in all things for His directions as to what He would have us do or refrain from doing. "We are not our own, we have been bought with a price" and are therefore to "glorify God." As our Creator and Lord He has the right to command us what He will, and it is ours to obey His will gladly and cheerfully.
Joshua, great commander of Israel that he was, was to be guided and governed wholly by "This Book of the law." He had received his orders from God through "this Book," and he was to regulate his conduct by it. "The Lord said unto Moses, Write this in a book and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua" (Ex. 17:14). From this we see that the Book was prepared for Joshua, and now he is to fulfill Its words. This Book of the law was to have absolute supremacy, and all Joshua's actions were to be regulated by it. It is "the Book of the LAW" and as binding on us as on Joshua. It is more than good advice, for it is a law clothed with Divine authority, a Rule for us to walk by.
Once every seven years the whole Book of the law was to be read in the hearing of the entire congregation of Israel: "that they may hear, and learn to fear the Lord their God, and observe to do all the words of this law" (Deut. 31:10-14). This was the Book which was to regulate Joshua's actions. God warned him that "This Book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth." And this is God's warning to us too, for no man is above the law of God, be he clothed with great power and authority, or one of the common people, all must be in subjection to the Divine law, and regulated by what is "written" if we would have the smile of God and prosper in whatsoever we do (Psa. 1:3).
"Thou shalt meditate therein day and night." Most important as it is, meditation is a lost art today with multitudes of professing Christians. It is one of the most important means of grace and spiritual growth. It is not optional whether we obey or not but obligatory, something that God has "commanded" us to do. How about you? Have you obeyed this Divine "command"? Have you? How much time do you spend each day reading the Word of God, let alone meditating on it? Alas, in so many homes of professing Christians the Word of God receives scant attention, if indeed it be opened at all from day to day. At best many may hastily read a few verses of it after supper, then the Book is closed and laid on the table until the next night when perhaps a few more verses are thoughtlessly read. The usual excuse given by those who neglect it is that they are too busy with a multiplicity of duties and concerns of life for quiet and leisurely meditation. If this is your excuse then be sure you are acting in the energy of the flesh and are little better than a slave to it.
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