Day 3 - Joshua 1:8 "This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth, you are to recite it day and night, so that you may carefully observe everything written in it. For then you shall prosper and succeed in whatever you do."

Second section...

"You are to recite it day and night."

So are we supposed to go around quoting Scripture incessantly.  Can you picture this...

"Good morning, Janice! It's a bright sun-shiny day!"

"Good morning...yes, remember "in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."  That's Genesis 1:1 in case you don't know!"

or....

"Man I sure am glad it's payday!"
"Me too!  You know the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.  Romans 6:23."

Effective? Maybe at getting you classed as out-of-touch and someone who's trying to impress others with their Biblical knowledge.

But on the other hand, this scenario is one that might just make a difference with your child....

"Mommy, isn't the sky so beautiful today?"
"It really is...you know that the very first verse in the Bible tells us that 'In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.' We need to always remember that everything we see was made by God, everything we see in the sky and everything we see around us."

Or this conversation with someone who is struggling with thinking that they are beyond God's love...

"I want to believe in God's forgiveness, but He can't love me...I'm rotten, there's so much sin in my life."

"You know, God knows that's exactly how we feel...and in Romans 5:8 He clearly tell us that's why He sent Jesus for us.  'For God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."  He knows that we need saving because of our sinfulness, and He loves us enough to provide His Son for our salvation."

These are simple illustrations, but I hope you get the point...we don't want to be obnoxious about our knowledge or use it to impress people, but given the right moment, and led by the Holy Spirit, then we should be ready to recite God's Words without hesitation.  Day and night, they should be on the tips of our tongues, ready for Spirit-led opportunities.

Second reason for constant repetition is for our own discipline.  That's what we'll talk about tomorrow night!

I pray tonight to become more and more aware of opportunities to share God's words with those who are thirsting for them, and with that awareness to be courageous and bold in letting His words come out of my mental storage bins, to be used for His effectiveness.  That's the whole point, isn't it?

Praying His blessings all over you!