Introduction
What is Meditation?
The word ‘meditate’ means, to mutter, to utter, to ponder, to think about, to speak, to talk aloud to yourself, to muse, etc. So, apart from pondering over (thinking over and over again) the Word of God in your mind, you are also expected to talk, or to speak it aloud to yourself. This is God’s command to Israel as found in Joshua 1:8 and Deuteronomy 6:6-7
“This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shall meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein, : for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.” (Joshua 1:8)
“And these words which I command thee this day shall be in thine heart and thou shall teach them diligently unto thine children and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way and when thou liest down and when thou risest up.” (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
Psalm 119:15, 23, 48, 97, 98, 99 and 148 tell us how we can meditate on God’s word in different ways.
But somebody might argue that God was talking to the Jews and not Christians. Yes, He was. But this applies to Christians also. Jesus Himself is our example, when it comes to meditating on the Word of God. The above verses in Psalm 119 are Messianic.
In Romans 9:6-8 and Galatians 3:26-29, the Bible tells us that all spiritual children of Abraham are ‘Israelites, that is, all Christians. And since faith comes by hearing the Word of God, the more we meditate on the Word of God, that is, speak and constantly talk the Word of God to ourselves, the more we grow in faith and build up our trust in God’s word. This shows us that meditating on the Word is something Christians must do diligently.
Now that we have understood what meditation is and why we should meditate on the Word of God daily, let’s go on to learn how to meditate and what to meditate on.
How to Meditate on the Word of God
Every verse of Scripture quoted in this section is a special promise for you. Think of it as your personal promise. It is not just a general promise to all believers, but receive it as though you are the one and only child of God and He is speaking personally to you. You should, therefore, read out these promises in the first person singular to your own hearing. You need not shout or read so loud as to disturb others. If you want to find a solitary place to read them loudly or aggressively to yourself, you can do so. For, whenever you transform the written Word into the spoken Word and your own ears hear your voice, you are meditating on the Word. So, it is possible to meditate on the Word while you are a stone-throw away from somebody else without disturbing him or her or drawing attention to yourself.
Like prayer, we do not meditate to be seen by others, but to please our Heavenly Father who has commanded us to do so daily. So, in meditating, we read over and over again until our spirit takes hold of the Word and we make those promises our own. It is like a love letter from your beloved to you alone. You can, therefore, insert your name where pronouns or other real names occur.
My first name is Samuel (Sam, for short). I want to meditate on Exodus 23:25-26 which says “Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.”
In making these promises mine, I can meditate as follows:
Sam, this is what God says to you Sam, you must worship the Lord your God and Him only and His blessings will be on your food and water. The Lord is promising you that He will take sickness away from among you and none (and that includes you, Sam and your wife Helen, your children and your grandchildren, as well as your animals and, in fact, your whole household) will miscarry or be barren in your house. In addition to all these, the Lord says, He will give you, Sam, your wife Helen, children and grandchildren a full life-span, provided you serve the Lord and Him only.
Or, you can meditate directly in the first person singular and say, I will worship the Lord my God and His blessings will be on my food and water. The Lord says He will take sickness away from among us and none will miscarry or be barren in our land or in my family. The Lord says He will give me a full life-span.
If you like, you can break it up, sentence-by-sentence, and read the first sentence over and over again before adding the next. You can meditate on each verse for five or ten minutes before meditating on another verse.
This way, you can meditate on about three to six verses at a time. Devote, at least, thirty minutes to meditation every morning. During the day, find time to repeat your meditation and do so again in the evening before you retire to bed. Do this diligently every day for one month and see what happens to your faith level. You will notice that it has risen considerably. Continue to be diligent throughout the year and you would notice a considerable change in your attitude and thinking. Let it become a daily reality all the days of your life.
You can use the same process to renew your mind as the Lord commands in Romans 12:2: “… be transformed by the renewal of your mind.” As you meditate again and again on a given promise, it will, eventually, get stuck in your mind. Thus, even though you do not start out to memorize the verse, you would do so in the end. This means that, without opening your Bible, you will be able to meditate on such promises offhand. This is surely an added advantage in your walk with Christ.
Also, as you meditate on God’s promises, do take time to observe the attached conditions because all God’s promises are conditional. If the condition is not directly attached to the particular promise you are claiming, you can always find it in another portion of Scripture. As you observe the conditions attached to the promises, do your best to fulfil them, so that those promises will become a reality in your experience. Then act upon those promises and you will have good success.
There is good success and also bad success. A person, who steals the nation’s money to acquire an estate for himself, has success, but a bad one. The man who meditates on the Word of God and acts on it in the pursuit of righteousness, and as a result acquires an estate for himself, has good success. “His children and children’s children will inherit him” (Proverbs 13:21-22). But the other fellow’s inheritance will be confiscated to the state one day. It does not matter how long it takes. It can be ten, twenty or even forty years. One thing is sure: it is bad success and may one day, go back to the state.
Note that, this section contains thirty-one days of daily meditations. This means we have a particular subject to meditate on every day for a thirty-one-day month. For the months which are thirty days, you can combine day sixteen and seventeen to obtain thirty days of daily mediation. For a twenty-nine-day February, you can combine day sixteen and seventeen AND day twenty-three and twenty-four. For a twenty-eight-day February, you may further combine days thirty and thirty-one. Or, you can make combinations of your own choice as the Holy Spirit leads you. Remember to insert your name, or to read in the first person singular as you meditate. Now, let us meditate on the Word of God. Go ahead and enjoy your daily meditations. God bless you.
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