Daily Bible Study – Immanuel experience…
LEARN and PRACTICE the WORD of GOD
Prepare for Christmas – December 20
Meditation
What is Christian meditation?
It is obedient reflection on God’s Word. According to Joshua 1:8 “Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.”
Psalm 77:11-13 I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your wonders of old. I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds. Your way, O God, is holy. What god is great like our God?
Ways to effectively practice biblical meditation
- Meditation begins with thinking on Scripture.
- Meditation is being attentive to God.
- Meditation on Scripture is essential to Christian living.
- Meditate on God’s glory in nature
- Meditate on God himself
- Christian meditation calls on us to fill our mind with God
- Christian meditation is to setting us free by knowing the truth
- Christian meditation calls on us to actively exert our mental energy
- Christian meditation calls for attachment to God
- Christian meditation calls for visualization of the reality already created by God.
- Christian meditation calls for spiritual communion with God.
- Christian meditation calls for an outward focus on the objective revelation of God in Scripture and creation.
- Christian meditation calls for moral transformation as the goal of One’s efforts.
- Christian meditation is to have a disciplined life
- Christian meditation is to spend time in the glory and grace of God
- Seeking God is also a form meditation
- Being in the presence of God is also a form of meditation
- Remembering Word of God and repeating the same is also called meditation
- Meditation creates faith and expectation.
- Meditation help us know God more closely
- Meditation help us to change spiritually and gain Light
- Calling God and Lord is also a form of meditation :-
Psalm 48:9-10 “Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love. Like your name, O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth”- Yahweh Jireh: The Lord Will Provide
- The Lord Is My Banner (unity) – given in the context of warfare
- Yahweh Rapha: The Lord Who Heals
- Yahweh Shamma: is the name given to the New Jerusalem
- Yahweh Roi: The Lord Is My Shepherd
- Yahweh Tsidkenu: (Sakino) The Lord Our Righteousness
- Yahweh Shalom: The Lord Is Peace
- Yahweh Sabaoth: The Lord of Hosts or the Lord Almighty
Remember that biblical meditation is NOT:
- Sitting with an empty mind
- Mindlessly repeating a single word or phrase to gain some sort of altered state
- Burning candles, or sitting calmly on a rug, or listening to sonorous music
- Practicing yoga
How to Prayerfully Meditate?
- Read through a passage of Bible
- Let the Holy Spirit bring your attention to something in the passage
- Paraphrase the verse
- Try picturing what the verse is saying
- Relate the verse or passage to other verses you know
- Make it personal
- Pray it back to God thanking Him, asking for His help to obey, praying for insight, etc.
- Write something down
- Respond God’s voice
Psalm 19:14 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer”
Psalm 119:11 “I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you”
Psalm 119:99 “I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes”
Joshua 1:7 Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left that you may be successful wherever you go”
Psalm 77:12-13 “I will meditate on all your works and consider all your mighty deeds. Your ways, O God, are holy”
Psalm 119:23-24 “Though rulers sit together and slander me, your servant will meditate on your decrees. Your statutes are my delight; they are my counselors”
Prayer: Abba Father, Your statutes stand firm; holiness adorns your house for endless day, O Lord. Lord, teach me about Your holiness. Your Word says that You are holy, and holiness adorns Your house forever. There is no end to Your holiness. There is no darkness in You. I praise You for being holy and righteous. You are Pure and Spotless, without flaw. Thank you for creating me in Your likeness. I long to partake of Your holiness. Make me like You. Help me to think about that which is noble, right, pure, lovely, and admirable . I thank you for the joy of prayerful meditation. I bless Your holy name. I pray by the name of Jesus. Amen.