The Holy Spirit says today how much time are you spending focussing and observing what the Lord  is saying concerning moving forward versus walking in what you believe you know about the voice of God? Habakkuk.2:1.

It is very easy to fall into a routine of just doing for God because that is what you have been trained to do rather than submitting by yielding to the Holy Spirit to do what He is leading and guiding you to do. In Joshua.1:1-7 the Lord points out to Joshua all the promises of what will happen for Joshua as he takes up the mantle to lead the people into the promised land after the death of Moses.

The promises are broad in scope and very impressive, but in verse 8 the Lord points out to Joshua a clear condition on which all the promises will rest which Joshua will need to follow. Joshua must abide by these instructions if he is to experience and enjoy all the blessings the Lord pointed out in verses 1-7 of Joshua.

Well today the Holy Spirit wants to show you what your priorities ought to be by showing how much attention you will need to put to the things that matter most to your Kingdom progress rather than the things you believe you need to be doing. Let’s look at Joshua.1:8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe 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.

Now the first commandment here is that the book of the law which in our lives today is the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus which makes us free from the law of sin and death. This law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus not departing from our mouths, and not just our thoughts but our mouths meditating over it daily, will be compulsory for us to attain what the Lord has promised.

The question remains as to how much of what Jesus is saying is echoing out of our mouths in our daily lives about who we are in Him day and night. We need to say continually as the redeemed of the Lord that we have been redeemed. Psalm.107:2.

Secondly, following our saying which is a part of our meditating anyway which we should be doing day and night because our saying with our mouths is our confession which brings our deliverance or salvation. It does not matter how much you believe if you do not verbalize that belief with a confession you will remain bound.Romans.10:10  For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation..

This confession with our mouths empowers us to observe what the Lord is saying to us through the Holy Spirit in order for us to carry out His instructions. It is after this process that our way will become prosperous and we will begin to find good success in life. You will observe the path in the Spirit to take  which is never the obvious one from the natural perspective.

We cannot jump the process expecting that good success will be our reward. Joshua himself many years before this time was a faith working man and when sent on the mission to spy out the land said boldly let us go up at once and take it. He had faith that sought to take but lacked the voice of the Lord’s leading which would end up in a ditch because the Lord never guided it so it would not be provided. 

If this many years on God is still commanding Joshua to meditate till he observes to do, what was he going to do those years before to take the land having not taken any time to meditate on the word to know what the Lord was saying. We need to be wise. Not foolish in acting out in presumption on what we think God wants rather than waiting till He tells us what He wants done.

As Moses always said I am not moving till the Lord moves then I will follow Him and we will have triumphant results. 

I believe the Holy Spirit wants you positioned in a place where you will have good success because you focus on Him to get His direction and guidance in moving forward. As it says of  King David and David inquired of the Lord what to do and each time the Lord showed him what to do he always had good success. No wonder he said do not take thy Holy Spirit from me. Psalm.51:11.

May you find grace today in the Holy Spirit to give more time to meditate on the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus as you observe from the Lord’s perspective what you ought to do. Then once you observe His way go forth in the direction of the Holy Spirit rather than your opinion of the situation. Remember God’s thoughts and ways are much higher than yours and you need to yield to His in order to move forward. Isaiah.55:8 & 9.

May grace be imparted to you today to hold back from premature action by meditating to observe the moving of the Holy Spirit as you find the path He is leading. Then walk into the triumphant, victorious ventures which will serve as a platform of God results in your life in Jesus’ name. Amen.