Psalm 1 - If the Bible is all that we've learned that it is then it begs the question: What do we do with it? In this sermon we conclude our consideration of the broad category of "meditating on Scripture" and look at 2 more specific forms it can take: meditation and memorization. In all the ways we approach the Bible, we have to be ready to answer with a resounding “Here I am, speak!” We have to approach it with trembling humility—knowing that we aren’t reading dead letters, but spirit-inspired and spirit-illuminated words of God. And we have to approach it with delight in full acknowledgement of the privileged, holy ground we’re stepping onto when we take this book and eat it. All that we might see and savor Jesus Christ Himself and be transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. A sermon by Cameron Heger and Joel Christopher. [Part 6 of our series "The Very Words of God: Answering, trembling & delighting before the Holy Scriptures"]

Questions for reflection: 1) Have you ever tried meditating on the Bible? How did you go about it? 2) Do you find an approach like "lectio divina" or, on the other hand, an approach like deep Bible study more appealing? Why? 3) What has your relationship been like with memorizing Scripture? 4) What is one verse you've never memorized that you think would be good to do? 5) What difference does the belief that the Bible is the very words of God make for how we approach it? 6) Talk about some of the ways we encounter Jesus in the Bible.