There Is No Progress Without Meditation

I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways.

                                                                Psalm 119:15  ESV

   If we want to experience more of God’s gift of new life in Christ, it is important to make meditation on God’s character and ways a foundational part of our everyday life.  The natural tendency for us is to worry, obsess over and be distracted by the problems and difficulties in our lives.  While it is important to deal with these things, worrying and obsessing accomplish nothing.  Meditation, however, puts us in a positive frame of mind that empowers us to creatively overcome our challenges.

   How do we meditate?  It’s not complicated.  Meditation is simply choosing to fill our mind with thoughts about God’s character and ways and how these apply to our lives.  Meditating on God’s power and wisdom gives us confidence to tackle our problems.  Meditating on God’s love gives us hope because we will remember that he will bring good out of our bad times.  Meditating on the new life God promises us in Christ keeps us from settling for a less than holy life.  Meditating on all the good God has given us fills us with gratitude and helps us become generous to others.

   This week, set aside a few minutes every morning to reflect on God’s character and ways.  You may want to start with some of the ideas above.  Fill your mind with all of the potential goodness you can experience in Christ and you will find yourself moving toward that goodness and experiencing it more and more.