Psalm 139:23-24 “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Four daily challenges for each of us in our daily walk with God. Ask God to search the purpose of our life (heart) Ask God to search the thought of our life. Ask God to let us see us the way He does. Ask the Lord to lead us, step by step, in light of the previous three requests. Simple, yet profound. Easily understood yet not easily done. Today, let us take some time pouring out with passion and persistence all four requests. Then let us allow God to take away what He does not want and give us what only He knows we need in every area of our life.

Joshua 1:7 “Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest” Joshua was facing a daunting task; to lead the great, and at times very difficult Jewish Nation into the promised land. Preparing Joshua for the task at hand, God lays out the plan to prosper(succeed in doing God’s will). Success began for Joshua as it does for each of us today, in our relationship with God’s word! While God has a uniquely different plan for each of us, the prescription for successfully completing that plan is the same for all of us. “Obey God’s Word – Do not alter it or move away from it – At All” Despite the pressures and difficulties of life our response needs to start and end in the same place, God’s Word! Always seeking to understand and apply it to our lives. Never seeking to change it to fit our own ideas (or those of others). Today let our hearts and minds not be distracted by the pressures and difficulties we face. Let us follow God’s word completely. All day and in every situation, the whole time trusting Him to accomplish His will in our lives for His glory!