Written in our early time in the Middle East.

“Blessed is the man…whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.” Psalm 1:1a,2

It never ceases to amaze me how our Lord Jesus works in our lives through our meditating on His Word.

The last few weeks I’ve been so tired that Barbara has had to urge me out of bed in the morning.  Sometimes I felt like a 90-year-old cripple.

The logical thing would be to get some rest, wouldn’t it? However, this is more easily said than done, with having to teach 4 hours of English classes every day plus preparation, responsibility for 12 fellow workers, a number of disciples and the national fellowship plus a family. On top of this there is a stream of visitors in a culture where you can never say, “No.” The visitors often stay until late with the average visit being a minimum of 3 hours.

There has so far been no real break where we could get a prolonged rest, so the Lord saw fit to strengthen us in other ways. Each morning as I stood in the bus line on the way to work, I’d run the 23rd Psalm through my mind, quoting it, personalizing it, praying it.

Thinking those truths was like turning on the “power faucet.” These truths brought refreshment, encouragement and strength and carried us through.As it says in Psalm 1, he who meditates on God’s word day and night…will be like a tree..that bears its fruit in season, its leaf will never wither. Humanly speaking I was close to withering, but God used meditation to save me.  I’ll tell you more about it tomorrow.