It is the Law
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Joshua 1:8, ESV
In the passage above Moses had died and God was giving instructions to Joshua. Joshua would then be the one to lead his people into the Promise Land. God tells Joshua to keep the book of the law on his lips and do not depart from it. If he did as the law said, he would be prosperous and have good success.
Law: the system of rules which a particular country, or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties. Oxford dictionary.
In Hebrew the word for “law” is the Torah. God was telling Joshua to follow the instructions given to Moses and he would be successful in his journey. The Holy Spirit directed me to one of my journals where I had taken notes from several different teachings many years ago. He referred me to page 45 which was all about the law. As I was reading my notes, I had written that the law is just like a “green light.” I move in it because the law says I can. In the same way this is how the law of God works. Because it is the law I move with the law of God. Instantly the Holy Spirit began to speak to me. He said, “You obey the law of your government because it will keep you safe and it is the law! How is it that you believe and follow man’s law, but doubt and question my law?”
As I meditated on that word, the Holy Spirit brought to me scripture after scripture that was his law. Specifically, Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. 1 Peter 2:24 KJV He said, “Did you see that the word says I bore your sins? Why do you continue to put yourself down and walk with your head down when the law says, I took care of your sins?” When he died we died with him and when he rose we rose as a brand new creation. He said, “This is the law!” It does not matter how we feel, or what we think. The law says that he took care of our sins. All we have to do is stand on the law!
I am righteous because it is the law. I am holy because it is the law. I am sanctified because it is the law. I have peace because the law says so. I am healed because it is the law of God. God’s spirit lives inside of me and therefore I have all that he has. When God brings corrections, he is leading us to righteousness. We may not feel any of the things that I just listed above, but it does not matter because as a believer it is the law of God. The more we meditate on the word of God, speak the word out of our mouth, and do as it says, we will see the law manifest in our lives.
Take aways:
The Bible is the book of the law for the believer and every promise is a covenant.
Guaranteed success comes from meditating on the Word of God day and night, and following it’s instructions. Your feelings cannot change the law! What the law says about you is the truth; whether you see it, or feel it!
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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