Challenge: When you come to the Scriptures, do you come to taste or to feast? Do you come to “eat and run” or to linger long at the Lord’s Table? What is keeping you from earnest devotion and meditation on God’s Word? Can you willingly fall under the scrutiny of God’s all-seeing eyes and allow Him to search your heart and mind to uncover the least to the greatest inordinate affection? As He exposes your blemishes by the light of His Word, will you not cry out for a single heart that despises any ugly spot of flesh on your beautiful garment of righteousness, and instead take pure delight in Him? Determine to love sin less and love God more. And, as you dwell more on His Word, you will be troubled less by the world. The darkness of worry will fade, and the light of peace will increase. Nothing, but nothing will sway you from relentless faith as you face the Devil, a relentless foe. Never underestimate the great value of hiding God’s Word securely in your heart to call up at a moment’s notice as you encounter any and every challenge. “Because greater is He (the Word) that is in you, than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4).

Prayer: Father, Giver of the law that led me to Christ, help me to delight most in the things that are treasured in heaven. Grant me proper perspective and keep me from the earthly distractions that threaten to take my eyes off what is eternally pleasurable. Help me to rehearse from the heart daily, the words of psalmist, “How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!” (Ps. 139:17). In the fray of the day help me default to meditation upon Your everlasting Word. I treasure Your Word and the indwelling Holy Spirit that enables me to keep Your Word. For Jesus’ sake, I pray it. Amen. 

God’s blessings on your day!