Friday, March 6



[God’s] law he reads in an undertone day and night.—Ps. 1:2.


Reading in an undertone can be helpful.

To illustrate, imagine a young Christian brother whose personal reading program
has taken him to the prophecy of Hosea. In chapter 4, he pauses after reading
verses 11 to 13 in an undertone. Why?

Those verses catch his attention because he has been struggling to resist
immoral pressures in school. He reflects on the verses and thinks: ‘Jehovah sees
the bad things people do even in private. I do not want to offend him.’

The brother resolves to remain morally clean before God.

Also, imagine a Christian sister who is reading Joel’s prophecy and comes to chapter 2,
Verse 13. As she reads that verse in an undertone, she reflects on how she should
imitate Jehovah, who is “gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abundant in loving-kindness.â€￾

She decides to try to eliminate the sarcasm and angry words that she sometimes uses when
she speaks to her husband and others.


w13 4/15 1:4-6
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