Reclaiming the Lost Art of Biblical Meditation: Find True Peace in Jesus

In a sense, meditation is finding verses in the Bible and putting our names in them.

Quick Tip: Keep a meditation journal. Every day list the date and write down the verse or reference the Lord gives you. As you study the passage, jot down your thoughts about it. Over time, you’ll develop your own informal Bible commentary.

Here, then, is another definition of biblical meditation: it’s the act of claiming and contemplating specific passages God gives us during life’s events.

How can we turn our knowledge about God into knowledge of God? The rule for doing this is demanding, but simple. It is that we turn each truth that we learn about God into a matter for meditation before God, leading to prayer and praise to God.1

But how do we shift from our lower thoughts to God’s higher ones? According to an earlier passage in James, it’s by having the Word of God planted in us, looking intently into it, and not forgetting what it says, but doing it.

Meditation provides peace when our world changes.

What does it mean to “stay” our minds on the Lord? It means to keep our minds focused on Him, to think about Him, to be devoted to Him, and to be conscious of His person, His presence, and His providence over our lives.

Biblical meditation is the powerful practice of pondering, personalizing, and practicing Scripture.

Meditation is the process by which our thoughts come to mirror God’s thoughts, letting us see things in His terms, from His perspective, and with His wisdom.