How to Meditation on Bible

When you look in the dictionary and see what the word meditate means, you can get dozens of differing definitions. I will try to give a general definition based upon what most people think meditation is and then what God means by His command to have us meditate on the Word of God.

How Can You Meditate on
God's Word?

Psalm 119:15 instructs believers to "meditate on [God's] precepts and consider [God's] ways." On Ash Wednesday, the first day of the Lenten season of reflection and meditation, it seems appropriate to ask what exactly it means to "meditate on God's Word."

Meditation is a combination of reviewing, repeating, reflecting, thinking, analyzing, feeling and even enjoying. It is a physical, intellectual and emotional activity—it involves our whole being.

In some ways, meditation doesn't easily fit into Western culture. We value action and busyness more than stopping and considering. The author of this psalm was from another time and culture, one with a tradition that valued meditation. As a result, meditation came more naturally for him and others with his Middle Eastern background. We have to overcome some cultural obstacles to learn to meditate.

There are many ways to meditate on God's Word.

Some possibilities include:

1. Take time to read a verse or passage over and over.

2. Begin to memorize all or part of it.

3. Listen—quiet your heart to allow the Holy Spirit to speak to you through God's Word.

4. Consider how it fits with the rest of the Bible and life in general.

5. Become emotionally involved—allow yourself to feel what God feels, his desires expressed through his words.

6. Move from meditation to application—connect your thoughts to action. Consider how the truth and power of the Word of God should affect your behavior.

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. (1 Corinthians 13:1-3)

Paul says that I can have great gifts, give everything I have away to the needy, and even give up my life for Christ, but if I do not have love, it counts for nothing at all .

But what does all this have to do with meditation?

Let's start by asking the question 'what is meditation?'. This is what Webster's says concerning a few related words:

Meditate: to engage in contemplation or reflection, to focus one's thoughts on: reflect or ponder over. to plan or project in the mind Think: to form or have in the mind, to have as an opinion, to regard as or consider, to reflect on or ponder, to determine by reflecting, to call to mind or remember, to center ones thoughts on or form a mental picture of, to have in the mind engaged

in reflection, to consider.

reflect: to think quietly and calmly

ponder: to weigh in the mind, to think about, reflect on, to think about - esp quietly, soberly and deeply.

Also, according to Webster's:
The words Ponder, Meditate, Muse, and Ruminate are synonyms and mean to consider or examine attentively or deliberately. PONDER implies a careful weighing of a problem or, often, prolonged inconclusive thinking about a matter; MEDITATE implies a definite focusing of one's thoughts on something as to understand it deeply; muse suggests a more or less focused daydreaming as in remembrance; RUMINATE implies going over the same matter in one's thoughts again and again but suggests little of either purposive thinking or rapt absorption.

Meditation is a function of the mind and the heart. It is what we think about in our hearts and it is something we each do every day. Whether we realize it or not, we all spend a large portion of our time in some form of meditation. The thing is, what we meditate on may or may not be worth while. In fact, what we habitually think about is frequently unhealthy for our growth as Christians.

Often it is simply sinful. This is why I asked you earlier to spend some time making notes about what you thing about. This is the first step in the process of training ourselves to think correctly.

Firstly, let us look at what the Bible says about meditation:

Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all this. (2TIM 2:7)

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. (Ps 19:14)

Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. (Jos 1:8)

Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love. (Ps 48:9)

I will meditate on all your works and consider all your mighty deeds. (Ps 77:12)

I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. (Ps 119:15)

Though rulers sit together and slander me, your servant will meditate on your decrees. (Ps 119:23)

Let me understand the teaching of your precepts; then I will meditate on your wonders. (Ps 119:27)

I lift up my hands to your commands, which I love, and I meditate on your decrees. (Ps 119:48)

May the arrogant be put to shame for wronging me without cause; but I will meditate on your precepts. (Ps 119:78)

Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long. (Ps 119:97)

I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes. (Ps 119:99)

My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises. (Ps 119:148)

I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands have done. (Ps 143:5)

They will speak of the glorious splendour of your majesty, and I will meditate on your wonderful works. (Ps 145:5)

May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the LORD. (Ps 104:34)

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things. (Php 4:8)

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