The power of meditating on Scripture
July 31st, 2008It is hard to overestimate the value of certain things. Such is the case when it comes to meditation on Scripture.
According to Hebrews 4:12, “The Word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword…”
Ephesians 6:17 informs us that the Word of God is “the sword of the Spirit.”
So how does this sword get used to maximum effect? Not by staying in its sheath…or shelf. No, we have to take it up and read it.
But if we are simply reading the Bible to “get through it” each day, it is like water flowing through a pipe. We become like the man James describes, who looks at himself in the mirror, but then walks away and forgets what he looks like. Our Bible reading gets lost in the flood of information we take in each day.
No, instead of water flowing through a pipe, we need our minds to be like water with a bag of tea steeping in it. When a bag of tea is immersed in hot water, it unleashes its soothing contents. We want God’s Word to steep in our minds into our minds, so that the faith-building, hope-producing, sin-killing power of God’s Spirit will be unleashed.
That happens when we meditate on the Word of God. But what does that mean? What is Scriptural meditation? I’ll do my best to talk about that in my next post. In the meantime, what do you think it means?
Dr. Thurman R. Hayes, Jr.
Senior Pastor
Bethel Baptist Church
1004 Yorktown Road
Yorktown, VA 23693
(757) 867-8082
www.bbcyorktown.org
August 7th, 2008 at 1:35 am
The early Israelites were commanded to bind up the scripture about their minds and hands and to put scripture all throughout the house. This was to ensure that the truth of the scripture could not escape those who dwell there. So to, not only memorization, but meditation on the truths of God’s word keep our sword sharp, those who wield it the precision to answer every man his questions concerning Christ and the Word we preach and keep. The truth of God will not escape a meditating mind.