August 17, 2011

  • Meditating on God

    God clearly tells us to #meditate.  There are many verses instructing us to meditate.  Oftentimes, some Christian quote on the following verse.

    But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. (NIV Psalm 1:2)

    Yes, it is true that we should meditate on God's work day and night.  For most of us, this is accomplished by reading the Bible and learning more about Him through His word.  It is unfortunate that some of us forget other verses regarding meditation.

    Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love. (NIV Psalm 48:9)

    Let me understand the teaching of your precepts; then I will meditate on your wonders. (NIV Psalm 119:27)

    My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises. (NIV Psalm 119:148)

    They will speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty, and I will meditate on your wonderful works. (NIV Psalm 145:5)

    It seems to me the Bible instructs us not to only meditate on God's word, but also to meditate on His unfailing #love, #wonders, #promises, and wonderful #works.  Some have told me that my faith in #God should not be based on #experience, but on the #word of God.  They encourage me to meditate on God's word and only God's word and point to Psalm 1:2.  What they fail to understand is that in addition to meditating on His word, God also encourages us to meditate on our experiences with Him, especially when He tells us to meditate, within His temple, on His unfailing love (Psalm 48:9).  Since we are the temple of the Holy Spirit, it logically follows that we should meditate on His unfailing love for us.  In this blog, I had shared and meditated on my experience of God's unfailing love for me, His wonders, His promises to me, and His wonderful works.

    My wife and I meditate on God's unfailing love when I walk together.  We pray together during our exercise time.  I look forward to our walks together and our prayer time with each other and as the Holy Spirit leads, with others whom we bump into.  During these walks, we remember and experience God's unfailing love (Psalm 48:9), meditate on His promises to us (Psalm 119:148), and meditate on His wonder works in our life (Psalm 145:5).  Not only do we meditate on His personal experiences with us and His powerful #relationship with us, we meditate on Him.  And, the walks with my wife remind me that He is with us, walking with us through this journey called life.

    Copyright 2011 by Christenstein