Does this sound familiar to you? You wake up in the morning and open up your Bible to spend some time nourishing your soul with God’s Word – a cup of coffee in hand to help with the waking up process! As you soak in the Scriptures, you are reassured that God is indeed real and that He is involved in the details of your life. By the time you close your Bible, you are at peace and ready to start your day.
Then, something terribly tragic happens - you have to spend the rest of the day encountering people and pressures and problems that threaten to steal the peace that seemed so strong in the early hours. Even if nothing particularly stressful occurs, just walking through the routine and the mundane can distract us and lead our thoughts away from God.
In the midst of the everyday moments of ordinary life, it is far too easy to lose sight of God and to forget the life-giving truths found in His promises. Personally, this is a struggle that I face everyday, but I wanted to share something simple that I have found to be extremely beneficial in this battle. Each morning, I ask God to impress on my heart one verse that He would have me lay hold of to carry with me throughout the rest of the day. Since I have a fetish for office supply stores, I have chosen to purchase pretty business cards to write the verses on and a card holder to store them in so that I can continue to review them. Recognizing that not everyone is wired this way, I’m sure a post it note or a piece of scrap paper would work equally as well. (Actually, I’m certain the pretty business cards would work best, but to each their own…)
At any rate, I have been using this approach for the past several months and have round it to be incredibly enriching to my walk with God. I would encourage you to give it a try in your effort to “meditate on God’s word day and night.”
