Recently I asked myself a question. What have you been meditating on? Meditation means what you think on, what you ruminate on.Worries, fears, anxieties, envy are meditated upon. They are acts that are carried out first in the mind before they are played out in reality. No wonder the scripture emphasised on guarding our heart jealousy (Proverbs 4:23). The heart of a man is naturally evil but God has given all men something superior to our consciousness which is the power of meditating on his Word.
The word of God is Spirit and Life (John 6:63). Hence, when we read the word of God we meditate on the life of God which is also called ZOE. God speaks everyday, every moment and one way he does that is through his WORD. God exceeds his WORD more than anything on earth and in the book of Genesis we could see that every WORD spoken by God came ALIVE.
In the book of John 1:14, the Word of God which turned into FLESH was Christ . Christ is the very word of God for in him was all things visible and invisible made. God is never a man that he should lie nor the son of man that he should repent because he holds fastly to his word ( Numbers 23:18)
At times, we can get so overwhelmed that we forget that in him we live, we move and him we have our being for the very life we live is him.
WHY YOU SHOULD MEDITATE ON
THE WORD OF GOD
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
Joshua 1:8 Esv
Here, we could see Joshua pointing back to us that we are nothing without God. You cannot say you love God without meditating on his WORD.
THE WORD OF GOD REVEALS THE INTENT OF GOD:
In 1Cor 2:16, once we are in Christ we have the mind of God. The mind of God is made revealed in his WORD for he exalts his words above every other thing. Meditating on the word of God brings out the life in God. Trusting to know the will of God. You must begin with his WORD.
THE WORD OF GOD BRINGS PEACE ( Phillipian 4:7) :
The word of God is the peace of God. Peace is not the absence of storm but rather calmness in the waging sea. Christ is the WORD and while leaving the earth he promised us a peace that cannot be given by man. The peace of God is found in his word.
THE WORD OF GOD BRINGS REST (Matthew 11:28-29): In God we live, we move and we have our being. No man knows a clay better than a Potter. Meditating on the word of God brings us to a state of rest. Jehoshaphat found rest in God because he held onto his words.
THE WORD OF GOD IS THE WISDOM OF GOD ( Proverbs 4:7).
Knowledge is never enough, in wisdom is Paramount. Wisdom is the proper use of knowledge. Tomato is a fruit but it is wisdom that reminds you not to add it to salad. The Word of God is the very wisdom of God because his WORD brings forth light.
YOU BECOME WHAT YOU FOCUS ON. WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN FOCUSING ON ANXIETY, FEAR, LOW-SELF ESTEEM, WORRY?
DECIDE TO MAKE A SHIFT TODAY
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