What comes to mind when you hear the word meditation? Scripture meditation is not like popular meditation practices today, which find their origins in Eastern religious traditions. Scripture meditation isn’t about emptying our minds but, rather, filling them with God’s Word. But it’s different than reading the Bible and memorizing verses.
Psalm 63:6-8
The Bible itself explicitly warns that if we do not look intently at (that is, meditate on) God's perfect Word, we'll forget it: "But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does" (James 1:25, NASB). Just as hearing the Word of God without meditating on it causes a person to be a "forgetful hearer," so anyone who reads the Bible without meditating on it becomes a forgetful reader. And if you can't remember what you read, you probably won't experience or be changed by what you read.
Meditation on Scripture is letting the Bible brew in the brain, like a good cup of tea.
Read it, think about it, search your heart in the light of what God is saying, ask questions about what He brings to mind, figure out what to do about it.
Allow yourself to focus solely on God. So much so that when you look in the mirror, you don’t see yourself, you see Him.
“Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me.” - Psalm 119:133
“Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it.” - Joshua 1:8
Today, I resolve to read the scriptures daily and meditate on God’s Word.
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