THE POWER OF MEDITATION
Psalm 19:14
The Bible teaches us to meditate. However, the practice of biblical meditation is nothing like the meditation taught by the gurus and religions of the Far East. In those religions, one is taught that meditation is the emptying of the mind. The Bible never tells us to empty our minds. Instead we are to fill them with His Word. Biblical meditation is the practice of focusing our minds on Jesus Christ, the wonderful promises He has made to us, and the teachings of the Bible.
David was actually praying that the sounds of his mind would be acceptable in the sight of God. When we think about anything for an extended period of time, we create a “sound” in our minds. This sound has a way of dominating our perspective of life, eventually making us sensitive to things that have the same “tone.” Positive or negative, right or wrong, blessing or cursing. The focus of our meditations will begin to attract people, circumstances, and feelings that are tuned to that same pitch. And whatever we meditate on long enough will begin to control our thinking, impact the direction of our choices, and become our experience. Whatever we think about over time, we begin to attract. Our minds begin to draw associations and reinforce beliefs that cause us to fixate on the things we think.
This is why it is so important to develop the right meditations. Whatever fills your mind will eventually fill your life!
MEMORY VERSE; Joshua 1:8 PRAYER; Oh Lord let my eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
