NISAN 10
My Meditation
“Let the words of MY mouth and the meditation of MY
heart Be pleasing before You, O יהוה, my rock and my redeemer.” (Ps 19:15, emphasis mine)
Noah Webster defines ‘meditation’ as
“the turning or revolving of a subject in the mind; serious contemplation”[1]. The question is, therefore, what are we meditating on? What
do we spend our time thinking on, rehearsing in our minds, daydreaming as the
clouds drift across the sky? Do we
encourage ourselves, as David did, in our Elohim (1Sam 30:6)? Do we remind ourselves of the faithfulness of
our Abba Father to His Word, that He watches over His Word to perform it (Isa
14:24; Jer 1:12; Eze 12:25)? What are we depositing in our hearts, what is our greatest treasure?
“The
good person produces good things from the store of good in his heart, while the
evil person produces evil things from the store of evil in his heart. For his mouth speaks what OVERFLOWS from his
heart.” (Luke 6:45 CJB,
emphasis mine
What comes out of our mouths – the words that we speak – reveals what our
thought life is, whether it is healthy or not.
A life victorious in Messiah Yeshua begins first with the thought
patterns in our minds; are we rehearsing victories or defeats? There are an
estimated 7700 promises contained in the Scriptures for us to meditate on, to
contemplate, to chew on, if you will, like a dog with a bone. Each individual promise is victory, it is life, and it is indisputable – surer
than anything that you can touch or feel, for they have all been spoken by Yahweh
our Elohim.
“This
book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth, and YOU shall meditate on
it by day and by night, so that you shall be on guard to do according to all
that is written in it. For then you shall prosper your way, and then you shall
act wisely.”
(Jos 1:8 JPS, emphasis mine)
“My mouth shall speak wisdom; and the meditation
of my heart shall be understanding.” (Ps 49:3 AMPC)
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