You must meditate and dwell upon what you read; otherwise, your labors will be lost. The more any man contemplates the Scriptures, the more deep and firm impression is made upon his heart by those truths. Heavenly meditation brings out the sweetness in divine truths. Not those who get most, but those who keep most, are the richest. Just so, not those who hear most, or read most; but those who meditate most, are the most edified and enriched.
You must also practice and live out what you read. To read much and practice nothing, is to hunt much and catch nothing. Ah! what cause have most to sigh, that they have heard so much, and read so much; and yet done so little!
You must also pray over what you read. Many read much and pray little; and therefore, get little by all they read. Galen writes of a fish called Uranoscopos, that has but one eye, which continually looks up to the heavens. Just so, when a Christian has one eye upon his Bible the other eye should be looking up to Heaven for a blessing upon what he reads!
[Thomas Brooks]
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Joshua 1:8 ... This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt 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.
119:97 ... O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
Psalm 19:14 ... Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer. ❤
