What Do You Think About?

What do you watch/do/read/think about/etc on a daily basis? Is it the same or different as pop culture?

Do you meditate? (Meditation is contemplating, reflecting, focusing your thoughts on something, pondering, planning.) It doesn't necessarily mean you are thinking about something spiritual or nothing. It could be meditating on sports, TV, partying, friends, etc.

Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.  ~Joshua 1:8 (NIV)

Joshua was the leader of the nation, and led the people to Israel. God's command to Joshua was to keep his laws on your lips. Meditate on it. (Always think about them). That way you can be careful to do it.

When you play a sport or take an art or music class, or do anything else of interest, you generally learn the rules and basics before you begin. This helps keep everyone safe and helps them enjoy what they are doing. The same goes for the Bible and life. You need to learn the instructions and rules you should be following before you enjoy life.

¹ Blessed is the one
    who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
    or sit in the company of mockers,
² but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
    and who meditates on his law day and night.
~Psalm 1 (NIV)

⁹ How can a young person stay on the path of purity?
    By living according to your word.
¹⁰ I seek you with all my heart;
    do not let me stray from your commands.
¹¹ I have hidden your word in my heart
    that I might not sin against you.
~Psalm 119 (NIV) 

Sin means to fall short, or miss the mark. If we are constantly thinking about God and what He wants, it helps us stay on the right path and make good decisions so we do not miss the mark.

Whatever you spend time with is what you follow and what you are. Choose how you spend your time wisely.

⁶ With what shall I come before the Lord
    and bow down before the exalted God?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
    with calves a year old?
⁷ Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
    with ten thousand rivers of olive oil?
Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression,
    the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
⁸ He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
    And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
    and to walk humbly with your God.
~Micah 6 (NIV)

Next week we will talk a little more about Micah 6:8 and have a little craft to go along with it!