DAILY WORD – FRIDAY 08 DECEMBER 2005

THIS BOOK OF THE LAW SHALL NOT DEPART OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, BUT YOU SHALL MEDITATE ON IT DAY AND NIGHT, THAT YOU MAY OBSERVE AND DO ACCORDING TO ALL THAT IS WRITTEN IN IT. FOR THEN YOU SHALL MAKE YOUR WAY PROSPEROUS AND THEN YOU SHALL DEAL WISELY AND HAVE GOOD SUCCESS.  (JOSHUA 1:8)

Meditating on and speaking the Word of God is the one of the greatest keys to success in our lives. When we decide to keep our minds fixed on His word, speaking His wonderful love and promises, we will find obeying Gods word easier and easier and where there was defeat suddenly victory.

In contrast however, when we meditate on all the negative things life throws at us, we become despondent and depressed. In fact depression is nothing more than negative meditation. I don’t say this to diminish the horror of depression. I myself spent years of my life suffering under the black hand of depression both before and after salvation. I sought out every opportunity to get prayer and ministry, managing for short periods of time to stay above it, but eventually I always sank back into the same dark pit.

After so many years of battling this, I had come to believe the enemies lies, telling me that this was who I  was, part of my personality, and that I would have to find ways to work with it, and around it, for the rest of my life. I had tried professional counseling and even medication that left me, free from depression but emotionally devoid of any real feelings, like a zombie alive but not living, and certainly not experiencing the ‘Joy of the Lord’.

The change came when I made the decision to take the Word of God and saturate my whole life with it. Now I’m not saying this was an easy thing to do, in fact when I started this, all my emotions screamed out that this would not work any better than anything else had. I had to literally tear down every negative thought and replace it with what Gods Word said about me, making a determined effort to open my mouth and declare His Word no matter how bad I was feeling. A great friend of mine made me a list of Gods promises and statements about who I am in Him, and I declared them aloud every morning and every evening. The rest is history.

I have learnt to never allow the enemy to become my bedfellow, in those late hours when I am tired as well as in the waking moments of my day when I am not yet fully focused. Its not about the ‘words’ but about the living ‘Word’, my Lord, my Saviour, my hiding place, my refuge, my resting place and the lover of my soul!

I know today that our God has no favourites; he doesn’t make some of us with defunct personalities, having to stumble through life blind and broken, no His Word is alive and true and His love knows no bounds.

Today, commit all of your thoughts, words and deeds to the Lord and watch His love transform your life!

BELIEVE, TRUST IN, SPEAK, AND OBEY ‘THE WORD’

NOT THE‘WORLD’!

Have a giving Friday.

Much love

Chrissy                  Mail to: info@worshiphim.co.za      

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