Meditation and Prayer ...

Meditation and Prayer resemble the spies that went to search the land of Canaan: the one views, and the other cuts down; and both bring home a taste of the fairest and sweetest fruits of heaven. 

Meditation, like the eye views our mercies; and Prayer like the hand, grasps those mercies! Or, Meditation is like a land agent, who goes abroad to purchase what we need; and Prayer, like a ship, goes forth and brings in what we desire. Lord, it is my misery, that I cannot be so perfect as not to be in need; but it magnifies your mercy that I cannot be so miserable as not to be supplied. Meditation cannot find out a real need, but Prayer can obtain suitable comfort. 

Lord, if mercy is so free, I will labor to know my poverty that I may be enriched with your grace; and yet I will not rest, until you shall do more for me than I am able either to ask or think! Prayer was appointed to convey, the blessings God designs to give; Long as they live should Christians pray, for only while they pray, they live. 

[Thomas Sherman]

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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.

Proverbs 15:8 ... The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. ❤

Daily Privlege

Reading God’s Word and meditating on its truth will have a purifying effect upon your mind and heart and will be demonstrated in your life. Let nothing take the place of this daily privilege. 

[Billy Graham]

Psalm 119:97 ... O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

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In That Time Before All Time!

Meditate, dear friends, upon the whole range of God's works in Creation and Providence. There was a period when God dwelt alone, and creatures were not. In that time before all time, when there was no day but "the Ancient of Days," when matter and created mind were alike unborn, and even space was not-God, the great I AM, was as perfect, glorious, and as blessed as He is now. 

There was no sun, and yet Jehovah dwelt in ineffable light. There was no earth, and yet His throne stood fast and firm. There were no heavens, and yet His glory was unbounded. God inhabited eternity in the infinite majesty and happiness of His self-contained greatness. If the Lord, thus abiding in solemn solitude, should choose to create anything-the first thought and idea must come from Him, for there was no other to think or suggest. All things must be of Him in design. With whom can He take counsel? Who shall instruct Him? There existed no other to come into His council-chamber, even if such assistance could be supposable with the Highest. 

In the beginning of His way, before His works of old, eternal wisdom brought forth from its own mind the perfect plan of future creations-and every line and mark therein must clearly have been of the Lord alone. He ordained the pathway of every planet and fixed the abode of every star. He poured forth the sweet influences of the Pleiades, and girt Orion with its bands. He appointed the bounds of the sea and settled the course of the winds. As to the earth, the Lord alone planned its foundations and stretched His line upon it. He formed in His own mind, the mold of all His creatures, and found for them a dwelling and a service. He appointed the degree of strength with which He would endow each creature, settled its months of life, its hour of death, its coming and its going. 

Divine wisdom mapped this earth-its flowing rivers and foaming seas, the towering mountains, and the laughing valleys. The divine Architect fixed the gates of the morning-and the doors of the shadow of death. Nothing could have been suggested by any other, for there was no other to suggest. It was in His power to have made a universe very different from this-if He had so pleased. That He has made it what it is, must have been merely because in His wisdom and prudence, He saw fit to do so.

 [Charles H. Spurgeon]

Revelation 4:11 ... Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

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Drinking Deeply from The Well of God's Holy Word...

Blessed indeed, is the man who chooses to distance himself from the corrupting influences of this sin-cursed world. He does not heed the sinful advice and philosophies of those who reject God. Nor does he associate with, or emulate the lifestyles, of those who wallow in their wicked desires. He refuses to align himself with those who mock and scorn the holy ways of God, as found in His Word. He finds his greatest joy and satisfaction in meditating upon the sacred Scriptures, drinking deeply from the well of God's holy word. Day and night. 

He does not treat the divine teachings as a mere intellectual exercise but allows the truths of Scripture: to guide his thinking, to penetrate his heart, and transform his life. He understands that true blessedness is not found in the fleeting pleasures of this vain world but in a vibrant, intimate relationship with Almighty God! 

By immersing himself in God's Word and striving to guide his steps by Scripture, he experiences the profound blessing of walking in the light of the Lord's presence, shielded from the darkness that ensnares those who reject Him. He alone is truly wise and truly blessed, for he has chosen the narrow path that leads to eternal life! 

[Anonymous] 

Psalm 1:1-2 ... Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Psalm 16:11 ... Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. ❤

The War Room

Meditation and Prayer resemble the spies that went to search the land of Canaan: the one views, and the other cuts down; and both bring home a taste of the fairest and sweetest fruits of heaven. Meditation, like the eye views our mercies; and Prayer like the hand, grasps those mercies! Or, Meditation is like a land agent, who goes abroad to purchase what we need; and Prayer, like a ship, goes forth and brings in what we desire. 

Lord, it is my misery, that I cannot be so perfect as not to be in need; but it magnifies your mercy that I cannot be so miserable as not to be supplied. Meditation cannot find out a real need, but Prayer can obtain suitable comfort. 

Lord, if mercy is so free, I will labor to know my poverty that I may be enriched with your grace; and yet I will not rest, until you shall do more for me than I am able either to ask or think! 

Prayer was appointed to convey, the blessings God designs to give; Long as they live should Christians pray, for only while they pray, they live. 

[Thomas Sherman]

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.

Psalm 5:2 ... Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. ❤

A Refreshing Cordial To A Weary Traveler!

The habit of laying up a text of Scripture in the morning, to be meditated upon while engaged in the business of this world through the day, is both profitable and delightful. It is as a refreshing cordial to a weary traveler! Nothing is more helpful and practical in Christian living, than the habit of getting a verse or phrase of Scripture into the mind and heart in the morning. Its influence stays through the day, weaving itself into all the day's thoughts and words and experiences. 

Every verse in the Bible is meant to help us to live, and a good devotional book opens up the precious teachings which are folded up in its words. A devotional book which takes a Scripture text, and so opens it for us in the morning, that all day long it helps us to live, becoming a true lamp to our feet, and a staff to lean upon when the way is rough is the very best devotional help we can possibly have. What we need in a devotional book which will bless our lives, is the application of the great teachings of Scripture to common, daily, practical life! 

[J. R. Miller] 

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Psalm 119:15 ... I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

Psalm 1:2 ...  But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Psalm 119:97 ... O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. ❤

What a Treasure.

What a treasure is the Word of God! Here we have: Light, to dissipate our darkness. Truth, to guide us amid the mazes of error. Consolations, to gladden us in a world of misery. The Bible is the Revelation of our Father's love; the Expression of Jehovah's grace to sinners; the Depository of heavenly blessings; the Charter of our highest privileges; the Religion of true Christians; the Glory of our churches; the poor man's Friend. 

Everything sublime in conception, and tender in expression is to be found in the sacred Scriptures. The Eternal Jehovah has there revealed Himself as clothed with majesty and honor; glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders; of purer eyes than to behold iniquity; in whose sight the heavens are not clean. In the sacred Scriptures, 

He has manifested His glory as mighty to save, forgiving iniquity transgression and sin. In that blessed volume, Mercy is seen to arrest the arm of Justice and all the tenderness of the Father is displayed in the person of the adorable Son. Love breathes throughout its sacred pages! 

 [Thomas Reade]

 Psalm 1:2 ... But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Psalm 119:97 ... O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

Jeremiah 15:16 ... Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts. ❤

Just a Little Bit, and Off You Go!

Do not many of you read the Bible in a very hurried way, just a little bit, and off you go! Do you not soon forget what you have read, and lose what little effect it seemed to have? How few of you are resolved to get at its soul, its juice, its life, its essence and to drink in its meaning. Well, if you do not do that, then your reading is miserable reading, dead reading, unprofitable reading; it is not reading at all the name would be misapplied. 

May the blessed Spirit give you repentance concerning this thing. Meditation and careful thought, exercise us and strengthen the soul for the reception of the yet more lofty truths. We must meditate, brethren. These grapes will yield no wine until we tread upon them. These olives must be put under the wheel, and pressed again and again that the oil may flow therefrom. In a dish of nuts, you may know which nut has been eaten by a worm, because there is a little hole which the worm has punctured through the shell. It is just a little hole, and then inside there is the living worm eating up the kernel. 

In the same way, it is a grand thing to bore through the shell of the letter of Scripture, and then to live inside feeding upon the kernel. I would wish to be such a little worm as that living within and upon the Word of God, having bored my way through the shell, and having reached the innermost mystery of the blessed gospel. The Word of God is always most precious to the man who most lives upon it. 

Beloved, never be satisfied with a sound creed, but desire to have it engraved on the tablets of your heart. The doctrines of grace are good, but the grace of the doctrines is better still. See that you have it and be not content with the idea that you are well-instructed, until you so understand the doctrine that you have felt its spiritual power. O living Christ, make this a living Word to me. Your Word is life, but not without the Holy Spirit. I may know this book of Yours from beginning to end and repeat it all from Genesis to Revelation and yet it may be a dead book, and I may be a dead soul! 

Oh, cling to Scripture! Scripture is not Christ, but it is the silken clue which will lead you to Him. Follow its leadings faithfully. 

[Charles H. Spurgeon] 

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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.

Psalm 1:2 ...But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. ❤

Magnify!!

Why do you doubt His love for you?  Is He not in control of all things? If He created the Destroyer that works havoc, there is nothing that death and darkness and destruction can keep from the light of His love for you. 

BEHOLD, He will expel your darkness! Fix your eyes on His face. Meditate on His miracles and open your heart to magnify the light of His love for you. His presence will indeed surround and dissipate your darkness. Worship and rejoice! Release that which brings torment and darkens His counsel. 

Consider the futility of worry. Does it produce any good thing? Cast off that demonic robe and release the lie that He does not care for you. He sees the details of your life. He saturates the fabric of your days and your thoughts. His resurrected life moves on your behalf. You will see Him clearer than before and your family will see His miracle. Rejoice in the waiting. His timing is perfect. Adjust your compass towards His Joy and abiding peace. The focus of your faith is what you become. 

[Troi Nelson Cockayne] 

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.

Matthew 6:33 ... But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. ❤

Meditate!!

We live in stirring days, when deeds are everything when closet work is often neglected for active business, and little time is given to meditation. Yet, with more thought and prayer wholesome activity would be greater in the end, and all our actions more successful.  Time is not lost, which is spent in meditation, in searching wisdom's ways, and seeking out profound realities. There is one who often meditate and yet accomplishes much. There is another who hastens and yet does little. 

None works so heartily, nor reaps so fully as he whose wits are sharpened by prayer and meditation. Reading either Scripture or Christian books, apart from meditation, does little good. It is much the same as not digesting what you eat, this only starves the soul. How many read the Bible thus! 

The art of meditation may be learned by dint of effort. You say, "I am quite unused to meditate. How shall I begin?" Deal gently with yourself at first. Select your subject, some passage from the Word. Then fix the time you choose to give; say, five minutes at a time. Begin, and think aloud. This makes it easier, and saves the mind from distracted thoughts, the hardest task of all. The sound even of your own voice will help you; it is like speaking to a friend.   And what is meditation, but communing with self, that self may be a constant hearer. 

But, more than all, make it a time of prayer of communing with God. This helps the matter greatly. Take the words of Scripture, and ask Jesus what they mean. In doing this, the mind is exercised. A glow of thought attends the effort. You honor Jesus; and He will honor you, by pouring out a largeness of capacity, a quicker mind. The interchange of thought between you and Jesus goes on apace, and you are surprised to find how long the exercise has lasted. Thus meditation grows, the more it is exercised. It feeds the soul, expands the mind, increases thought, and, best of all, it brings you into fellowship with Jesus. This is the very life and soul of meditation. 

 [George Mylne] 

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 Ecclesiastes 7:25 ... I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:

 Joshua 1:8 ... his 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.

 Psalm 1:2 ... But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

 Psalm 77:12 ...  I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.❤

The Necessity of Daily Reading.

Probably prayer is less neglected in devotions, than is the reading of the Bible. Many people who would not go out any morning without a few moments of prayer, will go forth day after day into the thick of life's duties and perils, without reading even a verse of Scripture! They feel the necessity of asking God to keep, guide and bless them but they fail to realize that it is in and through meditating on His Word, that God chiefly gives His richest and best blessings. 

[J. R. Miller] 

Colossians 3:16 ...  Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

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Sweet.

God is the quintessence of delight, all beauty, and love. Holy meditation draws out His sweetness like a bee drinking nectar from a flower.  Nothing is sweet without Him: He perfumes and sanctifies our comforts. 

[Thomas Watson]

Proverbs 16:24 ... Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Song of Solomon 5:13 ... His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.❤

The Creator.

Meditate, dear friends, upon the whole range of God's works in Creation and Providence. There was a period when God dwelt alone, and creatures were not. In that time before all time, when there was no day but "the Ancient of Days," when matter and created mind were alike unborn, and even space was not God, the great I AM, was as perfect, glorious, and as blessed as He is now. There was no sun, and yet Jehovah dwelt in ineffable light. 

There was no earth, and yet His throne stood fast and firm. There were no heavens, and yet His glory was unbounded. God inhabited eternity in the infinite majesty and happiness of His self-contained greatness. If the Lord, thus abiding in solemn solitude, should choose to create anything, the first thought and idea must come from Him, for there was no other to think or suggest. All things must be of Him in design. With whom can He take counsel? Who shall instruct Him? There existed no other to come into His council-chamber, even if such an assistance could be supposable with the Most High. 

In the beginning of His way, before His works of old, eternal wisdom brought forth from its own mind the perfect plan of future creations and every line and mark therein must clearly have been of the Lord alone. He ordained the pathway of every planet, and fixed the abode of every star. He poured forth the sweet influences of the Pleiades, and girt Orion with its bands. He appointed the bounds of the sea, and settled the course of the winds. As to the earth, the Lord alone planned its foundations, and stretched His line upon it. He formed in His own mind, the mold of all His creatures, and found for them a dwelling and a service. He appointed the degree of strength with which He would endow each creature, settled its months of life, its hour of death, its coming and its going. 

Divine wisdom mapped this earth, its flowing rivers and foaming seas, the towering mountains, and the laughing valleys. The divine Architect fixed the gates of the morning and the doors of the shadow of death. Nothing could have been suggested by any other, for there was no other to suggest. It was in His power to have made a universe very different from this,  if He had so pleased. That He has made it what it is, must have been merely because in His wisdom and prudence, He saw fit to do so. 

[Charles H. Spurgeon] 

Revelation 4:11 ... Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

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My Meditation ...

Meditation shall never tire my thoughts in tracing all the mazes of redeeming love! Everlasting hallelujahs shall dwell on my tongue; and how shall I improve in the song above, while I rest not day or night to sing, "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive glory, and honor, blessings and power, dominion and praise, forever and ever!"

[James Meikle]

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.

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The Bible!!

The Bible is the richest treasure of the world! Without it, the palace is a dark blank. With it, the poor cottage sparkles with celestial light. It is the transcript of God's heart. It tells what human reason is too weak to find. It is pure truth without one shadow of error. It gives knowledge on all things needful for time and for eternity. It is a safe guide through life's entangled path. It is a compass through shoals and rocks; amid winds and waves; to Heaven's eternal rest! 

The sage is ignorant without it. The peasant learns from it salvation's road. It is a solace for every hour. It is a companion always ready to converse. It cheers when other comforts fail. It is arrayed in every charm for the intellect. It never wearies. It is always fresh. Its oldest truths cannot grow old. Its readers become more wise and more holy. Other books may puzzle and corrupt. The Bible is from Heaven, and leads to Heaven. It enters the heart with purifying grace. The more you search the Bible, the more your minds will wonder, and your hearts will love. Read it as literally true. Then no human philosophy will beguile you. Ponder its characters. You will find on them the intrinsic stamp of truth.

[Henry Law]

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Psalm 119:97 ... O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

Jeremiah 15:16 ... Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts. ❤

Mediate Upon Judgment

Meditate often on these four last things: Death, which is most certain. Judgment, which is most strict. Hell, which is most doleful. Heaven, which is most delightful. Meditate upon JUDGMENT, which is most strict. "We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ." (2 Corinthians 5:10)

Those who will not come before His mercy-seat, shall be forced to come before His judgment-seat. Those who will not hear His Word, shall feel His Sword. Those who are graceless in this day, will be speechless in that day. At the world's end, such will be at their wits' end, to see: the earth flaming, the heavens melting, the stars falling, the graves opening, the judgment hastening, the sun and moon mourning, Christ and His angels coming. He who comes to raise the dead, will also come to judge the dead. 

 Oh sirs, the great day to great sinners will be a dreadful day, when they shall see Christ coming in the clouds: with great power and glory, crowned with dignity, enraged with anger, and attended with His angel reapers. He will bring all kings and nobles, high and low, rich and poor, to His judgment bar. And there He will judge them, not by the whiteness of their faces, but by the blackness of their hearts. "He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples with equity." (Psalm 98:9)  

You who make no account of His coming, how can you give an account at His coming? Sirs, meditation on judgment, may make you judgment proof. Those who now judge themselves in their own private sessions, shall not be judged by Christ at His great white throne judgment.

 [William Dyer]

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A Refreshing Draught To a Weary Traveler!

The habit of laying up a text of Scripture in the morning, to be meditated upon while engaged in the business of this world through the day, is both profitable and delightful. It is as a refreshing draught to a weary traveler!

Nothing is more helpful and practical in Christian living, than the habit of getting a verse or phrase of Scripture into the mind and heart in the morning. Its influence stays through the day, weaving itself into all the day's thoughts and words and experiences.

Every verse in the Bible is meant to help us to live, and a good devotional book opens up the precious teachings which are folded up in its words.

A devotional book which takes a Scripture text, and so opens it for us in the morning, that all day long it helps us to live, becoming a true lamp to our feet, and a staff to lean upon when the way is rough is the very best devotional help we can possibly have. What we need in a devotional book which will bless our lives, is the application of the great teachings of Scripture to common, daily, practical life.

[J. R. Miller]

Psalm 119:15 … I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

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Fire of Meditation

Without meditation the truths which we know will never affect our hearts. 

As a hammer drives a nail to the head, so mediation drives a truth to the heart!

Reading Scripture furnishes with matter, it is the oil that feeds the lamp of meditation. 

Be sure your meditations are founded upon Scripture. 

Reading without meditation is useless. Meditation without reading is dangerous.

The reason we come away so cold from reading the Word is, because we do not warm ourselves at the fire of meditation.

[Thomas Watson]

Jeremiah 23:29 … Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? 

2 Timothy 3:16-17 … All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

Psalm 1:1-2 … Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.❤

Soak In A Few Verses All Day

Some people like to read so many chapters every day. I would not dissuade them from the practice, but I would rather have my soul soaking in a few verses all day, than rinse my hand in several chapters.

Oh, to be bathed in a text of Scripture, and to let it be sucked up into your very soul, until it saturates your heart!

Set your heart upon God's Word! Let your whole nature be plunged into it as a cloth into a dye!

[Charles H. Spurgeon]

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Psalm 119:97 … O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

Psalm 1:2 … But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

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.❤

Deliver Us, Oh Lord!

There are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech. We would be better Christians if we were more alone, waiting upon God, and gathering spiritual strength for labor in His service through meditation on His Word. We ought to muse upon the things of God, because we thus get the real nutriment for our souls out of them.

Truth is something like the cluster of the vine: if we would have wine from it, we must bruise it we must press and squeeze it many times. The bruiser's feet must come down repeatedly upon the grapes, or else the juice will not flow and much of the precious liquid will be wasted.   So we must, by meditation, tread the clusters of truth, if we would get the wine of consolation therefrom.

Our bodies are not supported by merely taking food into the mouth, but the process which really supplies the muscles, and the nerves, and the sinews, and the bones is the process of digestion. It is by digestion that the food becomes assimilated with the inner life.

In the same way, our souls are not nourished merely by listening awhile to this, and then to that, and then to the other part of divine truth. Hearing, reading, marking, and learning, all require inward digesting to complete their usefulness and the inward digesting of the truth lies for the most part in meditating upon it.

Why is it that some Christians, although they hear many sermons, make but slow advances in the divine life?  Because they neglect their closets, and do not thoughtfully meditate on God's Word.

They love the wheat, but they do not grind it; they would have the grain, but they will not go forth into the fields to gather it; the fruit hangs upon the tree, but they will not pluck it; the water flows at their feet, but they will not stoop to drink it. From such folly deliver us, O Lord!

May this be our daily resolve, "I will meditate in your precepts."

[Charles H. Spurgeon]

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Psalm 1:2 … But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Psalm 119:97 … O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

Psalm 119:99 … I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

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.

Psalm 119:15 …  I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.❤