Meditation Is Good For the Soul

Meditation Is Good For the Soul

Philippians 4:8

Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.

The term “think on these things” can translate to “meditate on these things”

   There are many in the church that are offended when you use the word meditation.  The word is linked in their minds with new age religion, or with an Eastern religion like Buddhism or Hinduism.  But in fact is Meditation is not new age, the Jews and Christians have been meditating for thousands of years.  Way back in an early Old Testament book, the book of Joshua, God tells Joshua to meditate on the Scriptures.

Joshua 1:8a

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.

David said he meditated a lot on God’s Word.

Psalm 19:14

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. 

 King David loved to meditate on God’s Word.  He mentions he meditated in Psalms 1. 19, and 119 and it is implied in many other Psalms. 

Paul urges us to focus our minds on the Word of God in many places in his writings.  Indeed, in Romans 12:2 he tells us not to be conformed to this world: but to be transformed by the renewing of your mind.  The word “transformed” is “metamorphosis,” which literally means to be changed like a caterpillar into a butterfly by our focusing (or meditating,) on His word.  You cannot be truly changed by His Word unless you are meditating in it daily. 

   Meditation is simply pondering or thinking over something.  The subject of a person’s meditation is what differentiates one kind of meditation from another. You can meditate on a sports team but don’t expect to get a lot of life-changing insight from it.

Meditating on the Word of God is where you receive truth, and real life-changing insight.

   Don’t let anyone discourage you from meditation on God’s Word.  You will grow strong in your faith through time meditating on God’s Word.

Stephen Cram                                  July 27, 2014                                     

Colossians 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, following the tradition of men according to the rudiments of the world, and not in accordance with Christ. 

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Unless otherwise noted all Scripture is from the New King James Version of the Bible.