Key Verse: Verse 8 – "This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success."
Key Words: then thou shalt have good success
We are told in Joshua 1:8, “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.”
The word success is an interesting word. In our world success is being popular, having fame, having more. But the Hebrew word for success means to place under or to put under. So Joshua, in essence, is saying that success is when we put ourselves or place ourselves under the authority of God’s Word. Now, there’s a different twist! Success is not being “uppity” but being “under,” under God’s Word.
In his book Be Free, Warren W. Wiersby mentioned the fact that young ministers often visited the great British preacher G. Campbell Morgan to ask him the secret of his success. When someone inquired of him what he told these aspiring pastors, Morgan replied, “I always say to them the same thing—work; hard work; and again, work!”
And Morgan lived up to his own advice. He would be in his study every morning at 6 o’clock, finding rich treasures out of his Bible to pass on to God’s people.
So let me close by asking, based upon the Hebrew meaning of the word: Are you successful? Just asking.
What to do:
✞ Be successful God’s way.
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