Shalom,

I cannot read Joshua 1 in our Bible Reading Plan and not stop to look specifically at verse 8! We speak of it all the time because it is SO essential to spiritual growth! Look here:

8 This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; but you shall meditate therein day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shalt make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success. 

KJV

It is even clearer in the Amplified Bible:

8 This Book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe and do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall deal wisely and have good success.

A working knowledge of the Word of God comes from daily meditation on it! "You shall meditate" is the Hebrew word "hagah", which means: to murmur, to ponder, to moan, to utter, to muse, to mutter, to devise, to speak. It is NOT enough to just read the Word, and NEVER enough to just memorize! Speaking the Word to ourselves and to others, thinking about it and allowing the Holy Spirit, Who IS our Teacher, to make it personal, going over it again and again, will cause the Word to become real and give us the understanding that is necessary to become a DOER of the Word! James tells us that to hear the Word but not do the Word is deception (James 1:23)! We may THINK we are growing in the things of God, but it is not possible without meditating on the Word. Joshua tells us that when we DO meditate on the Word, then we will SEE what we are to do and we can go on to become a DOER! These actions will cause us to make our own way prosperous and to have good success at everything we lay our hands to! Are you ready to have the Word of God become more real than ever before? Let's MEDITATE! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with an older song that is SO appropriate! "Everyday":

"Everyday"

What to say, Lord? It's
You who gave me life and I
Can't explain just how
Much You mean to me now
That You have saved me, Lord
I give all that I am to You
That everyday I could
Be a light that shines Your name

Everyday, Lord, I'll
Learn to stand upon Your word
And I pray that I
I might come to know You more
That You would guide me in every single step I take, that
Everyday I can
Be Your light unto the world

Everyday, it's You I live for
Everyday, I'll follow after You
Everyday, I'll walk with You, my Lord

Everyday, Lord, I'll
Learn to stand upon Your word
And I pray that I
I might come to know You more
That You would guide me in every single step I take, that
Everyday I can
Be Your light unto the world

Everyday, it's You I live for
Everyday, I'll follow after You
Everyday, I'll walk with You, my Lord

It's You I live for, everyday
It's You I live for, everyday
It's You I live for, everyday
It's You I live for, everyday

Everyday, it's You I live for
Everyday, I'll follow after You
Everyday, I'll walk with You, my Lord

Everyday, it's You I live for
Everyday, I'll follow after You
Everyday, I'll walk with You, my Lord

Shalom in Him!