Take a moment and consider the state of your life. How is it with you? Are you prospering? Are you experiencing good success? Are you living a victorious, abundant, peaceful, joyful, wealthy life? If not, take another moment and consider the things you have said and are saying on a regular basis. Do you see any correlation between your words and the state of your life?

In our last Walking On Water issue, we discussed "What Are You Saying?" We talked about how God—having made us in His image and in His likeness (to look and to function like Him)—has given us creative power including the power of our words to speak things into existence as He did.

God has given us guaranteed keys to good success and prosperity. One of those keys is found in the book of Joshua, chapter 1 and verse 8: "This Book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe and do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall deal wisely and have good success."

You may say, "I have been meditating on the Word of God, but I have not made my way prosperous and I have not dealt wisely or had good success." That may be because you have not understood what 'meditation' really is. Biblical meditation is more than just thinking about something. The first key in this verse is realizing that we have been given the material upon which to meditate: the Word of God—specifically, the instructions, promises, and benefits that God has given to us. That means we need to be reading and hearing the Word of God in order to know what the specific subject matter of our meditation should be.

The second key is understanding that we meditate to do: to attend to carefully and put into practice those things that God has said we are to do. God is looking for more than just mere mental assent: He honors and rewards obedience.

The third key is knowing that thinking about God's instructions, promises, and benefits is only the start of meditation. The word that is translated 'meditate' in this verse is the Hebrew word, 'Hagah' which has a three-fold meaning: 1) to think about: to deliberately call to mind; 2) to mutter: to speak quietly to yourself (in a manner that others cannot hear you); and 3) to roar: to utter loudly and forcefully. Bringing God's promises, instructions, and benefits to your mind is good, but the key to giving life to those words and seeing results is to speak those words—His promises, instructions, and benefits… and to keep speaking them.

"I don't think I'll ever be married." "I don't have any friends." "I'll never meet anyone." "I never have enough money." "I'm always messing up." "I don't believe others find me attractive." "I'll never be able to afford that." "I'm just weak that way." "She/he/I'll never change." Many of us have been meditating—thinking, speaking, shouting—negative words and seeing the results. If you want to prosper and have good success, pay careful attention to what God says; do what God says to do; and keep the instructions, benefits, and promises of God in your mouth.

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