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Meditation: Gazing on God
In addition to these distinctives, let’s define meditation as deep thinking on the truths and spiritual realities revealed in Scripture, or upon life from a scriptural perspective, for the purposes of understanding, application, and prayer. Meditation goes beyond hearing, reading, studying, and even memorizing as a means of taking in God’s Word.
Donald S. Whitney • Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life
Delight and Meditation
Psalm 1 keeps pulling me back. Our modern idea of “meditation” is almost the opposite of what the psalmist had in mind. We picture silent stillness, but the Hebrew word here — hāgâ — is about softly speaking, murmuring, repeating the words until they soak in.
And there’s this other piece I hadn’t paid much attention to: delight
... See moreIf we read, hear, or study God’s Word without meditating on it, we shouldn’t be surprised that applying Scripture to concrete situations is so difficult. Perhaps we could even train a parrot to learn every verse of Scripture that we ourselves have memorized, but if we don’t apply those verses to life they won’t be of much more lasting value to us
... See moreDonald S. Whitney • Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life
One meditation
Work can be beautiful and spiritual, but it is not a full replacement for a habit that maintains your connection with reality.
By meditation, I do not mean sitting in a dark room and letting thoughts pass, although that is one incredibly viable route.
Meditation, for all I'm concerned, is a way of life.
A way of perceiving the world... See more
Work can be beautiful and spiritual, but it is not a full replacement for a habit that maintains your connection with reality.
By meditation, I do not mean sitting in a dark room and letting thoughts pass, although that is one incredibly viable route.
Meditation, for all I'm concerned, is a way of life.
A way of perceiving the world... See more