HIS VOICE DAILY DEVOTIONAL
MONDAY, 17TH JUNE 2024
TOPIC: MEDITATE ON GOD'S WORDS
TEXT: PHILIPPIANS 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true……. think on these things. KJV
To meditate on God's word is to think and ponder on the word. We learned that faith is resident in God's words, therefore, the more of the word of God that we receive and store up in our heart, the more our faith will increase or grow. Faith has the capacity to grow! God wants your faith to grow. This process of growth is known as spiritual maturity. It is essential that your heart which is the venue for thoughts, is fully occupied with the word of God.
According to Hebrews 4:12, the word of God is alive and full of power. Therefore, the believer become powerful by how much of God's words he or she give attention to daily. The devil seeks to wage war in your thoughts in order to influence you to walk against the will of God. The only means to overcome his gimmicks and deception is to resist him steadfast in faith. And since faith comes from the word of God, then, the ability to resist him is by the power in God's word.
Also, since our victory is our faith against the world then, the word of God characterizes our victory because by it will our faith grow and become mature. You have believed in the Lord Jesus; the son of God and your life is dependent on his word. Just as the Lord instructed Joshua to meditate on the book of the law in Joshua 1:8, the same is relevant to you as the child of God. The word of God is your victory over the lust of the world.
Joshua 1:8 says; "This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall read [and meditate on] it day and night, so that you may be careful to do [everything] in accordance with all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will be successful." AMPV
Meditation is needful for you, as it will help you to cast your heart on the truth and power that is vested in God's word. This will equip you with the ability to detect negative and subtle influence of the world that wages war against the steadfastness of your faith. When you hid the word of God in your heart by meditation, it will keep you from sin. And we know that all that is in the world is lust which is sinful to the will of God.
Feed your faith fat by reading, studying, and meditating on God's word. Think on the word to keep its truth in your heart. A heart that is full of God's word is powerful and fearsome against the gimmicks of the enemy. Set your heart upon God's word.
PRAYER
Lord, help me to pay attention to your word, that my faith may grow and become strong in the realities of your will against the lust in this world. For my faith in you is the victory that overcomes the world. Help me to think on your word that my faith might grow strong and formidable in Jesus' name. Amen
Written by: Mopelola Oyeniran
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