Joshua 1:8 ‘This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.’
DAILY READING – • John 1:1-18; 1 Chronicles 5-6; Zephaniah 2
Cher Wang is a devout Christian and Taiwanese entrepreneur who co-founded the smartphone maker, HTC Corporation. Her late father was Wang Yung-ching, who was one of the richest individuals in Taiwan. Cher Wang has said that in her career, she never got a cent from her father. Yet even at her toughest times, she never turned to her mega-tycoon father for financial assistance. Rather her total dependence has been on God. She gets up at 5:30 each morning and spends several hours in praying and meditation on God’s Word. .
Wang says her faith gives her a sense of calm and the will to continue, even during the toughest times. Under her influence, her husband, also became a born-again Christian in 1997.
She has been widely quoted as saying that the Bible is “the best book about management practice”. According to her, one of the most important things she has gained through constant meditation in the Bible is Vision. She said the vision she receives from God’s Word, enables her to carry on and forge ahead in life. And without looking unto man, not even her own father, she has been able to succeed through God’s divine help and guidance.
In May 2011, Forbes magazine ranked her with husband Wen Chi Chen as the wealthiest person in Taiwan, with a net worth of US$8.8 billion.
Indeed our help is in the Name of The Lord who made Heaven and earth. With the current situation in the world now, a lot of people may be worried about their finances and the future. But we have to understand that God is all we need to forge ahead.
Often a barrier between us and God’s blessings is lack of total dependence on God. Proverbs 10:22 tells us that it is God’s blessings that makes rich.
This is why we need to look unto God and His Word. Meditation on God’s Word will impart into us the grace we need to successfully run the race of life.
Ecclesiastes 9:11 says that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill. It is God that determines the events of every man’s life.
It is the grace of God that makes great. Therefore, we must look up to Him and rely on Him alone.
When grace is at work, you don’t need to fret about the future or seek the help of men. When men lift you up, you will stop where their hands stopped, but when grace lifts you up, you will have no limit, because God is limitless.
Romans 9:16 says ‘So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.’
Indeed the mercy and grace of God is what we need most now to pull us out of the current global situation. And one key factor to obtaining God’s grace and mercy is meditation in His Word.
In Isaiah 30:7-8, God says ‘For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, their strength is to sit still. Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book..’
Here, God is asking us to take our eyes off the Egyptians and their help. Rather we should sit still and meditate on His Word. The grace we need to make progress will come from His Word. Through meditation in God’s Word, our minds will be upgraded to receive divine illumination and guidance. And surely our way shall be made prosperous, and we shall have good success.[Joshua 1:8]
PRAYER;
Lord, Please grant me the grace to constantly sit at Your feet, and to meditate in Your word. As I do, I thank You for imparting into me the power and grace I need to go forth and do exploits in Jesus Name.
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The price you pay to discover anything in God’s word is nothing ever to be compared to the prize of the discovery- WORDBITE 222.