Day Four

Today we're gonna do a bit more scripture memory. Remember, hiding God's Word in our heart keeps us from taking detours from God and His ways. We told throughout the Bible of the many benefits of meditating on Scipture (Deut 6:6-10, Joshua 1:8, etc.)

For the first couple of weeks in Boot Camp, we're going to be memorizing Psalm 1. If you've been with us all along, you've already been memorizing the first 2 verses....now go back and memorize verses 3 & 4:

3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.

4 Not so the wicked!
They are like chaff
that the wind blows away.


The psalmist is using metaphorical language to describe the person who "delights in the law of the Lord", who "meditates on his law day and night" (verse 2)....and this is the same person who "does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or stand in the way of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers" (verse1). THAT person, "is like a tree planted by streams of water".

Now, go through this verse line by line, thought by thought, asking these questions:

- Why is he planted by streams of water? How does a tree get planted?
- What is the water? What does it represent?
- How does the water help the tree? What are the results?
- What does "in season" mean?
- Who is "the wicked"?
- Chaff is the useless part of the grain, that was thrown away....why does that represent the "wicked"?
- What is "the wind"? What affect will "the wind" have on the "tree planted by streams of water"?

Write these 2 verses on another 3x5 card, and keep that with you throughout the day. Repreat it often. Write it out often. Pray it back to God (more on praying through scripture later in boot camp).

OK, time for us to go to His Word and hear from Him. Todays passage is Acts, chapter 6. P.R.A.Y., and then pray! :)

For His Glory!