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A WORD ON MEDITATION

The word instant is very common in our present society. Fast food stores, minute-tune shops, bank machines, microwave ovens, and high-powered computers giving vast amounts of information at a touch of the finger are the cultural norms. This has left a generation expecting instantaneous results in all areas of life. Unfortunately, this is not the divine pattern for lasting change to occur. God's ways for transformation involve His grace, time, circumstances, and self-discipline. One of the most important disciplines often overlooked in the Christian life is meditation. Meditation is: “A private devotional act consisting of deliberate reflection upon some spiritual truth or mystery, accompanied by mental prayer and by acts of the affection and of the will, especially formatio n of resolutions as to future conduct.” 1 Christian meditation is that which leads to an inner wholeness, resulting in transformation of the believer into Christ's image and likeness. Meditation was the key to Joshua's success (Joshua 1:8). It was and is the key to a blessed life (Psalm 1:1-2) and is the key to having God's Word written on the tablets of your heart (Deuteronomy 6:5-9). Meditation not only changes you when you actually do it but also stores up God's truth in your heart for use in all of life's circumstances. In Psalm 119:11, it is the Word of God deep within the believer's life which repels sin. In Psalm 19:7-11, it is the Word of God which restores the soul, makes wise the simple, rejoices the heart, enlightens the eyes, and rewards the individual who keeps it as their standard and compass for life. As Christians, we are to be a people who live by God's Word (Matthew 4:4). We were all born again by the Word of God and we all grow by that same Word. The Word of God is the food of our soul, and in order to be nourished by that food we must properly take it in and digest it. Meditation on God's Word is the digestive process by which we incorporate the Word of God into the deep recesses of our hearts — the wellspring of our lives.

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