{"id":10,"date":"2016-03-27T20:12:59","date_gmt":"2016-03-27T20:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davesali.wordpress.com\/?p=10"},"modified":"2016-03-27T20:12:59","modified_gmt":"2016-03-27T20:12:59","slug":"the-power-of-day-and-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/27\/the-power-of-day-and-night\/","title":{"rendered":"The power of day and night"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&#8220;&#8230; but thou shalt meditate therein <em><strong>day and night<\/strong><\/em>, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein&#8230;&#8221; &#8211; Joshua 1:8<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Everything in creation was made by the Word.<\/p>\n<p>Things seen, things unseen, it was all made by the Word, of the Word and for the Word.<\/p>\n<p>The Word is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not inspirational sentiment or optimistic propaganda. The Word is a Carpenter and building contractor that goes to work rearranging and realigning things in your life.<\/p>\n<p>But above all, the Word is a seed&#8230;a seed that springs and grows up &#8220;night and day&#8221; (Mark 4:27).<\/p>\n<p>Understanding this dynamic is the key to releasing the harvest from every Word you receive.<\/p>\n<p>On a basic level, you need to water the Word you receive by pondering it and envisaging it &#8220;day and night&#8221;. Don&#8217;t be indifferent to it. Give it your utmost attention and focus. Make a big deal about it. Take immediate action on it like your life depends on it.<\/p>\n<p>And yes, you need to do this with each Word you receive&#8230;so remember the wisdom of &#8220;pick one&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>As you give attention to the Word, you will see it spring up in your life; <strong><em>&#8220;first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> (Mark 4:28)<\/p>\n<p>(Watch out for &#8220;coincidences&#8221; and happenings that share the theme of what you&#8217;re meditating on. Don&#8217;t disregard them, especially when they seem &#8220;small and insignificant&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>But at a deeper level, whilst you are commanded to meditate on the Word &#8220;day and night&#8221;&#8230;we see the Word working &#8220;night and day&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>So even before you begin to go to work on the Word, the Word is already working on you to bring you to the point of working on it. <\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because it is God who works in you both to will and to do according to His good pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>Get to this mind!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;&#8230; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein&#8230;&#8221; &#8211; Joshua 1:8 Everything in creation was made by the Word. Things seen, things unseen, it was all made by the Word, of the Word and for the Word. The Word is living &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/27\/the-power-of-day-and-night\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The power of day and night&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}