Daily Devotional – ‘In His Footstep’
By Kingdom Support Initiatives (KSi)
January 7th 2022

Strategies for New Beginning (II)

Starting with Jesus

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall read [and meditate on] itday and night, so that you may be careful to do [everything] in accordance with all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will be successful. Joshua 1:8 [AMP]

Bible Reading: Joshua 1:1-9

It was a continuation of a journey for the children of Israel, but for their new leader Joshua, it was a new beginning of a life commitment. Joshua ardently followed Moses until his death and God chose Joshua to continue the great work Moses had started. While many Israelites remained in their unrighteousness, for Joshua, this call to lead God’s people was a new beginning. He reflected on the past; the kind of the people he was meant to lead and the task ahead, he was totally discouraged.

However, God gave Joshua the strategy that will solve his problem: read, study, meditate and act according to God’s word. If Joshua could follow God’s instruction, his success was guaranteed. At KSi, we are passing on this instruction as the journey of the New Year begin: Abide with Jesus Christ; start every day with Him through His word, in the place of prayer and depend on the Holy Spirit to act according to God’s instruction because you have been called unto commitment unto God in all things this year.

Self-Reflection: Go in the journey of this year with God’s word!

Action Point: Make a commitment to the Lord to be faithful in studying, meditating and living His word this year.

Daily Confession: Lord help me to be faithful to your word and to be devoted to a living relationship with You.

Intercessory prayer: I pray for ministers of God in my church for grace to function this year in Jesus’ name.

Hymn: What a Friend we have in Jesus,

All our sins and griefs to bear!

What a privilege to carry

Everything to God in prayer!

O what peace we often forfeit,

O what needless pain we bear

All because we do not carry

Everything to God in prayer!