Meditation is commonly thought of as an Eastern religious idea, but how many of you knew that meditation has a different meaning? We all know of the Eastern version of meditation: sitting cross-legged and relaxing. The idea of that form of meditation is to empty yourself of everything and invite other things into you to fill you up. This is not Christian meditation. Christian meditation is when we receive God's word and allow it to sit in our minds and hearts in order for us to understand it. It is taking the word of God and allowing the Holy Spirit to speak to you through this word.
Anytime you sit down and re-read a verse because it captivates you, or you sit and think about what it means, you are meditating on the word. This does not take candles and special clothing or special conditions. It just takes God's word and a little bit of time to think on it.
Philippians 4:8 says, "finally, brothers and sisters, 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." We are to meditate on good, God centered things. Anything that is glorifying the Lord, these are the things that we are supposed to be meditating on. Psalms 104:34 says, "may my meditation be pleasing to Him, as I rejoice in the Lord."
We meditate at all times. Anything that we think of for more than four seconds is something that you are meditating on. It does not matter what it is about. If it is consuming that much time or more, you are meditating on it.
Why is meditation important? Well, meditation is one of the five ways of spiritual growth. When we meditate on the word, our mindset changes, our hearts change, and we begin to center our lives around God and His ways. If we want God to become a bigger part of our lives, and if we want to get closer to God, we must begin to meditate on God and His word.
-D
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