Often the world speaks of meditation by clearing the mind and emptying it of negative thoughts. They may form a lotus position to center themselves. Or they may do deep breathing exercises to ease away the tension.
This is not true mediation as prescribed in the Scriptures.
When God gave the command to Joshua to take possession of the Promise Land He says, "This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success." (Joshua 1:8, KJV).
The word mediation in the original is hagah which means to moan, growl, utter, speak or muse. Reading the Word of God requires illumination of the Holy Spirit. We are not reading black or red print on a thin white page. We are reading and mediating upon the inspired Word of God, breathed on the Holy Spirit Himself.
As result, we are to consume His word so in turn we are consumed by it. Out of the depths of our being we recite it, be it a moan, growl or the use of our natural voice. Remember it says that the Holy Spirit prays with wordless groans when we can not speak (Romans 8:26).
Beloved, mediation on the Word of God will secure victories as Joshua leading Israel into battle. Recall the last portion of the verse, "...then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success..". Too many believers bind the devil when suffering evil thoughts (rightly so) but when you truly mediate on God's Word, you can say with authority as Christ during the temptations, "It is written."
True mediation on God's Word does not require postures and positions. It's not about emptying your mind but feeding it the Word of God which will purge the thought life. We live in a generation that reads less and is more visual and imaginative. Something has to be a thirty second sound bite or we lose our focus.
No, beloved, we must dig deeper in His Word because mediation will always cause us to remember Him - rightly, accurately and soundly - then we will know true blessings of meditation.
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