Command 2 : Follow Me | Day 14

Record Your Progress!

Congratulations on finishing the second week of daily meditation. By now the living power of God's Word should be having a significant effect upon your life and the lives of those around you. Today is an excellent day to record what is happening. Such a record is important for the following reasons:

1. Your written report proves to your family that you are committed to daily success.
2. It forces you to honestly evaluate how consistent and effective you have been.
3. It encourages your family to trust you because you are in daily contact with God.
4. It creates a longing in your family to seek after the God you love.
5. It preserves a valuable record for your children and their children.

Ten years from now, your Daily Success journal will be a powerful encouragement to you. Fifty years from now, it will be an inspiring challenge to your descendants.

It is important that you record victories and defeats in daily meditation. It is also important to note the responses of others in your family. Here are some examples:

This week I started strong, but things at work piled up and crowded out my meditation. I now see that the less I meditated, the more pressure I experienced.

I have been quoting Scripture back to God while going to sleep, and it has definitely improved my quality of rest. I did, however, have some unusual dreams.

One night I went to bed with a question, and during the night God gave me the answer. This was a thrilling experience!

I was encouraged when my young son asked me what it meant to meditate day and night. I was able to explain it to him, and now he wants to join me.

Meditation should not be something we have to stop to do, but should become a natural expression of our thoughts throughout the day.

Millions of people today find tremendous strength and encouragement because one man was faithful in writing out his daily experiences of meditation. His name is David--a man after God's own heart!