Get Up With God
highly caffeinated daily bible doses to help start your morning off right

These commandments that I give you today
are to be upon your hearts.
Impress them on your children.
Talk about them when you sit at home
and when you walk along the road,
when you lie down and when you get up.
Tie them as symbols on your hands
and bind them on your foreheads.
Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.
(Deuteronomy 6:6-9)

The other day it struck me: I have way more dumb 70s song lyrics stuck in my head than Bible verses. The Bee Gees. ABBA. Olivia Newton-John. The Carpenters. REO Speedwagon. They’re all in there.

Don’t let God’s word get crowded out of your head. Read your Bible every chance you get. Let it be the first thing you do each morning and the last thing you do before you fall asleep. Get it on CD and listen to it as you drive around. Talk about it over dinner with the family. Write your favorite verses on index cards and carry ‘em around in your pocket. Put ‘em on post-its and paste ‘em all over the house. Write ‘em on the back of your hand. Tattoo ‘em on your forehead. Put ‘em in neon lights on the roof of your house. Memorize ‘em. Meditate on ‘em. Marinate in ‘em.

PUT GOD’S WORD IN YOUR HEART

Blessed is the man
who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners
or sit in the seat of mockers.
But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.
(Psalm 1:1-3)

MEDITATE ON GOD’S WORD
DAY AND NIGHT

For this week’s Psalm, I thought we’d start right at the beginning. Here’s a selection from Psalm 1:

Blessed is the man
who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners
or sit in the seat of mockers.
But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.
(Psalm 1:1-3)

MEDITATE ON GOD’S WORD
DAY AND NIGHT

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. Psalm 119:105

This world can be a very dark place. Let God light the way.

Spend some quality time with your Bible today. Quiet your heart so the Holy Spirit can speak to you. Read a passage over and over until it sinks in. Use your imagination. Interact with it. Meditate on it. Memorize it. Then get out of your chair and apply it. Live it. The world needs God’s light now more than ever.

LET GOD’S WORD LIGHT YOUR WAY