TODAY’S TURNING POINT WITH DR. DAVID JEREMIAH DAILY DEVOTIONAL 30TH DECEMBER 2024 MESSAGE
Read David Jeremiah Daily Devotional 30th December 2024, day Turning Point Devotional Message
TOPIC: Food for Thought
Blessed is the man…[whose] delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night.
Psalm 1:1-2
Recommended Reading: Psalm 119:11
An American seminary professor spent a summer studying Hebrew in Jerusalem. On one occasion, he followed along in his Hebrew text as a Jewish rabbi recited from memory, word for word, the entire book of Psalms in Hebrew. That commitment reflects the priority in the Old Testament of storing up the Word of God—of continually meditating on it and integrating it into one’s life (Deuteronomy 6:4-9).
The longest psalm in the book of Psalms—all 176 verses of Psalm 119—is given over to extolling the value and importance of God’s Word. For example, verse 11 says, “Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You.” Psalm 1 says the man is blessed who meditates on God’s Word “day and night”—a figure of speech that means “all the time.” Not every second of every hour, but as a way of life—not just for fifteen minutes in the morning or an hour on Sunday but as a continual source of reflection, memorization, and meditation.
Consider committing portions of Scripture to memory so they become food for thought throughout your day.
Memorization is the first step to meditation.
Jerry Bridges
Read-Thru-the-Bible: Revelation 18 – 19
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