The Bible is full of conditional promises. That means that God makes a promise to do something if we first do something. He is rewarding right behavior on our part. All good parents do it, and God is certainly a good Father.

One of these conditional promises is in Psalms one that starts right out in verse one with “blessed is the man.” It follows that in verse two and three with we will be like a tree planted by a river yielding lots of fruit, and in everything that we do we will prosper.

What is the condition, or what action on our part is it that God is going to reward? Memorizing and meditating on scripture.

Joshua 1:8 says that if we meditate on God’s Word day and night that we will have success at everything we do.

So God promises that those who meditate on His Word day and night will be prosperous and successful at what they do. In order to meditate on God’s Word we have to memorize it.

Very few people systematically memorize verses from the Bible, why? They don’t believe that the promise is true, a low level of faith in the promises that are in God’s Word.

I spend 30 minutes every day memorizing scripture and reviewing what I have already memorized, and I am going to kick it up to 45 minutes, why? Because I believe the promises of God, and I want what He promises, success at everything that I do.

Memorizing scripture isn’t hard, it just takes time. It is just a matter of going over it again and again until it sticks. Start by picking some verses, putting them on 3×5 cards and reviewing them regularly and often. As you master them add some more to the list. I have about 700 verses memorized well, but I know people who have memorized several thousand verses well.

God is in charge, and He is God. I believe Him and trust Him with all of my heart, so I memorize and meditate because I love being blessed by God with success at all that I put my hand to. Success isn’t a matter of talent, it is an issue of faith and obedience.