Day and Night? Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Day and Night? Keyword: "day" "delight" "law" "night" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. This study is part of a short series on blessedness vs. cheap thrills. Passage: Psalm 1:1-6* 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. 2. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. 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. 5. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 6. For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. Question Verse 2 above commends meditating on God's law day and night, but how is that possible (what with sleeping, working, etc.)?   Practical help In a previous study, we briefly covered three steps for meditating on the Bible: memorizing a passage, visualizing it, then personalizing it. We challenged you to take the first step by memorizing verse 3 above. Then, in the following study, we explored the second step by visualizing the verse. We imagined a gorgeous tree, leafy and full of fruit at the appropriate time. Now for the third step — personalizing the glory of the tree (and the verse) to your life. Doing so entails neither magic nor rocket science. Instead personalizing the metaphor of the tree involves three straightforward steps: 1. Decide you want to be "like" the tree — alive, fruitful, successful. 2. Review verse 3 from memory often. The more you review, the better the verse sticks in your head. Suggestion: Review a different line from the verse each day, then repeat. 3. Be open to to suggestions from God's Spirit as to how to live out the verse. Soon enough, you'll think of yourself as a "tree." And eventually, you'll become that tree. As to how this happens day and night (see question above), the effects of meditation are so pervasive and powerful that you'll learn that your subconscious chews on well-memorized Scripture even while you sleep or are absorbed in some task. But don't stop with verse 3 above. Memorize, visualize, personalize other passages from Scripture as well. This is good news for porn strugglers looking for ways to eradicate smut images from their thoughts. Meditating on Scripture will not only overwrite smut but will fill you with confidence and hope, not only in the present life but in the life to come as well. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2004 by eXXit *Scriptures are from The Holy Bible: New International Version, © copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved.