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Reading the Word of God daily is important for growing in the Lord. Important, but not enough. We need to spend time going deeper into the Word through meditation. Today’s excerpt from The Joy and Rejoicing of My Heart is found on pages 75 and 76:
“The encounter between God and Moses can provide an outline for us to think about what meditating in God’s Word requires. In this story from Exodus 3, Moses, looking upon the revelation of God, is drawn more deeply into communion with the Lord, where he discovers more of God’s good and perfect will for his life. Let’s take a closer look and see what we can learn from this encounter about meditating in the Word of God.
“First, we must be willing, like Moses, to turn aside from our normal occupations and preoccupations so that we have the time for drawing near and examining closely the Word of God (v. 3). This takes time, and we must be willing to make the time necessary for exploring the Word of God deeply.
“As we are reading the Word, we may find that our mind is drawn to all the other things before us that day. We may still be reading, but our thoughts are focused more on work, chores, errands, and so forth. We will not be able to invest time in meditation unless we put these matters on the back burner and take up the task of drawing nearer and nearer to God in His Word.
“We have to turn aside from our normal path and draw nearer to God in His Word. The time we take for this will be richly repaid once we resume our daily race.”
For reflection or discussion
1. What have you found to be best practices for your times of meditation?
2. Can Christians help one another to learn meditation? How?
Meditating on God’s Word does two things for us. First, it enables us to see Jesus in every part of Scripture. And second, it opens up insights on how to follow and obey Him that we might miss if we’re only reading the Scripture. We’ll have more to say about meditation tomorrow and Friday, so stay with us. Share today’s podcast with a friend, then get together to discuss it. Your copy of The Joy and Rejoicing of My Heart awaits you as a free PDF download at The Ailbe Bookstore.
T. M. Moore
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By T. M. MooreReading the Word of God daily is important for growing in the Lord. Important, but not enough. We need to spend time going deeper into the Word through meditation. Today’s excerpt from The Joy and Rejoicing of My Heart is found on pages 75 and 76:
“The encounter between God and Moses can provide an outline for us to think about what meditating in God’s Word requires. In this story from Exodus 3, Moses, looking upon the revelation of God, is drawn more deeply into communion with the Lord, where he discovers more of God’s good and perfect will for his life. Let’s take a closer look and see what we can learn from this encounter about meditating in the Word of God.
“First, we must be willing, like Moses, to turn aside from our normal occupations and preoccupations so that we have the time for drawing near and examining closely the Word of God (v. 3). This takes time, and we must be willing to make the time necessary for exploring the Word of God deeply.
“As we are reading the Word, we may find that our mind is drawn to all the other things before us that day. We may still be reading, but our thoughts are focused more on work, chores, errands, and so forth. We will not be able to invest time in meditation unless we put these matters on the back burner and take up the task of drawing nearer and nearer to God in His Word.
“We have to turn aside from our normal path and draw nearer to God in His Word. The time we take for this will be richly repaid once we resume our daily race.”
For reflection or discussion
1. What have you found to be best practices for your times of meditation?
2. Can Christians help one another to learn meditation? How?
Meditating on God’s Word does two things for us. First, it enables us to see Jesus in every part of Scripture. And second, it opens up insights on how to follow and obey Him that we might miss if we’re only reading the Scripture. We’ll have more to say about meditation tomorrow and Friday, so stay with us. Share today’s podcast with a friend, then get together to discuss it. Your copy of The Joy and Rejoicing of My Heart awaits you as a free PDF download at The Ailbe Bookstore.
T. M. Moore
The post Meditating on Scripture (1) appeared first on The Fellowship of Ailbe.