Divine meditation has a multifaceted value. It provides us spiritual discernment;12 improves our Bible reading and prayer lives;13 applies the general truths of the Bible personally and specifically;14 strengthens our hearts by focusing on spiritual truths;15 and provides lasting benefit from dwelling on the truths we know.

Biblical meditation on Scripture acts as a believer’s medicine because God’s Spirit always uses the balm of His truth to provide lasting comfort and help.

Without a return to the delightful duty of biblical meditation, the believer will continue to handle God’s Word merely intellectually. He will fail to digest the Scriptures to make them his daily walk and practice.

Sadly, in recent years many associate meditation with false religion of the Far East. They view meditation as a process of emptying the mind rather than, as Scripture commands, filling the mind with divinely revealed truth.

When he meditates, the believer fills his mind with truth so that his life becomes governed by the attitude of the Savior.

What does it mean to meditate? It means to think personally, practically, seriously, and earnestly on how the truth of God’s Word should look in life.

This latter approach advocates for the church’s return to true biblical spirituality—a serious focus on putting God’s Word to practice in one’s own experience. We must wholeheartedly integrate doctrine with living. This necessary wedding of doctrine and practice destroys superficial Christianity, but it only comes through a careful and serious

There are really only two answers to the basic problem of weak, meaningless religion. A believer could adapt and concede to the reality of anemic Christianity; many Christians follow this approach. They construct their churches to be user-friendly in their worship, shallow in their preaching, and casual in their view of Christian commitment. They