Meditation (2)
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· 1 viewSpending time in quietness and usually alone, drawing close to God and listening to him, pondering on his word, his creation, his mighty works or other aspects of his self-revelation.
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The importance of meditation
The importance of meditation
Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And in His law he meditates day and night.
He shall be like a tree
Planted by the rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And whatever he does shall prosper.
See also Php 4:8; Ps 19:14; 1 Sa 12:24; Ps 107:43; Ps 48:9; Ps 104:34; Job 37:14; Ps 77:11–12; 2 Ti 2:7
Meditation on the person of God
Meditation on the person of God
I have set the Lord always before me;
Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.
See also Ps 104:34
Meditation on God’s word
Meditation on God’s word
I will meditate on Your precepts,
And contemplate Your ways.
I will delight myself in Your statutes;
I will not forget Your word.
See also Jos 1:8; Ps 119:48; Ps 119:97; Ps 119:23; Ps 119:78; Ps 119:95; Ps 1:1–3; Ps 119:99
Meditation on the works of God
Meditation on the works of God
I will also meditate on all Your work,
And talk of Your deeds.
See also Ps 145:5; Ps 143:5; Ps 111:2
Meditation on the creation
Meditation on the creation
O Lord, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth,
Who have set Your glory above the heavens!
Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants
You have ordained strength,
Because of Your enemies,
That You may silence the enemy and the avenger.
When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,
What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of man that You visit him?
For You have made him a little lower than the angels,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,
All sheep and oxen—
Even the beasts of the field,
The birds of the air,
And the fish of the sea
That pass through the paths of the seas.
O Lord, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth!
See also Pr 6:6; Ps 104:1–34; Mt 6:26–30
Meditation at night
Meditation at night
My eyes are awake through the night watches,
That I may meditate on Your word.
See also Ps 16:7; Ps 42:8; Ps 63:6
Examples of people meditating
Examples of people meditating
Jos 1:8; Ps 19:14
See also Ps 119:148; Ps 119:78; Job 22:22 Eliphaz’ advice to Job; Ps 39:3; Lk 2:19 Mary; Ac 8:27–35 the Ethiopian eunuch
The results of meditation
The results of meditation
Obedience
Obedience
Your word I have hidden in my heart,
That I might not sin against You.
See also Jos 1:8; Ps 119:55
Understanding and wisdom
Understanding and wisdom
Oh, how I love Your law!
It is my meditation all the day.
You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies;
For they are ever with me.
See also Ps 119:27
Praise and worship
Praise and worship
Ps 48:9–10; Ps 63:5–6; Ps 104:33–35; Ps 119:97
Prosperity and success
Prosperity and success
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.
Delight in the Lord
Delight in the Lord
But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And in His law he meditates day and night.
See also Ps 119:15–16; Ps 119:23–24; Ps 119:77–78
Confidence and faith
Confidence and faith
I have set the Lord always before me;
Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.