Morning Devotions With Past Dan July 6th, 2020
Have you ever given much thought to what it means to meditate on the Word of God? Is it something we do regularly as Christians? Should it be part of our daily routine? What does it look like to meditate on the Word of God?
(Joshua 1:8)…..”This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe 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.
The Hebrew word (hagah) translated as “meditate” in the above verse is translated by many words, including meditate, speak, imagine, study, mutter, utter, roaring, and talk. Here are some verses where hagah is translated as speak. It is obviously not just an inner thought, because lips, tongue, and mouth are the subject of hagah in these verses.
(Job 27:4)…..My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
(Psalm 35:28)…..And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
(Proverbs 8:7)…..For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
Bible meditation is not emptying your mind, but filling your mind — and your mouth — with God’s Word. It is focusing on God’s thoughts, until they also become your thoughts. So meditation is to help us see things the way God sees them.
So open your Bible fill your mind with God’s Word today, and let yourself speak His Word. Have a blessed day as you fill yourself with the Scriptures.