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Joshua: Formula For Success (Joshua 1:8) God gives Joshua the key to success…we will meet success if we follow the same pattern. |
Joshua: Formula For Success
- Learn The Law— “[it] shall not depart out of thy mouth”
- This law was to be laid up in his heart that it could guide him (Deut. 11:18-21; Ps. 119:11, 105).
- Seeking God’s Word would lead to knowledge and wisdom (Prov. 2:1-5; 22; 3:1-4).
- Learning God’s law is essential under the New Testament too (Matt. 28:19; 2 Tim. 4:2; Rom. 10:17; 2 Tim, 2:15).
- Meditate On The Law—”meditate therein night and day”
- Simple knowledge of God’s word was not enough, he needed to spend time thinking about and applying its lessons.
- Such an attitude is seen in the Psalmist as the way to prosper in God’s sight (Ps. 1:1-3; 119:15; 97-99).
- Again this attitude is still needed today (1 Tim. 4:15; James 1:25; 2 Tim. 2:15).
- Do All The Law—”observe to do according to all that is written therein”
- Even yet he was not done until he actually put God’s Word into action in his life; this was the conditional promise of Leviticus 26 — blessings when you DO God’s will (v3).
- Caleb stands as a great example of one who lived this time of life and was richly blessed by God (Josh. 14:8).
- The extent to which it was to be done (v7) – turn neither to the left or the right.
- Still today this will be a sign of wisdom and blessing (Matt. 7:21-27; James 1:22; Rev. 22:14).
