Pastor John Courson Devotional

The Jews were allowed to eat those animals that had a divided hoof andchewed their cud. In other words, cleanliness was determined by how ananimal walked and how it ate.The question for us is obvious. Is there a "dividedness" in our walk?Are we separated from the world, or do we walk like everyone around us?We are new creatures in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17). Is there adifference in our walk? There should to be. Second, do we chew the spiritual "cud"? Just as a cow constantly chewsand re-chews its food, we are to chew and re-chew the Word, think itthrough, pray it in, extract from it every nutrient to feed our innerman. No wonder the Hebrew word for chewing the cud is essentially thesame word translated "meditation."This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shaltmeditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do accordingto all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy wayprosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. - Joshua 1:8We get to meditate on the Word. We get to look in the book. We get tothink it through once more. And as we do, we'll have good success; we'llbe healthy; we'll be clean.