How To Meditate, Part 1

To some, meditation is something done sitting cross legged at the top of a mountain by highly spiritual people. But this is not exactly the Biblical idea of meditation. So what do the scriptures say about this?

"And these words which I am commanding you this day shall be [first] in your [own] minds and hearts; [then]  You shall whet and sharpen them so as to make them penetrate, and teach and impress them diligently upon the [minds and] hearts of your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down and when you rise up.  And you shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets (forehead bands) between your eyes.  And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house and on your gates." Deuteronomy 6:6-9, AMP

From the Deuteronomy scripture above, we can see that meditation should be a way of life. Something that we do throughout our lives. A similar concept can be found in Philippians 4:8, where we are told to keep thinking about everything that is excellent and praiseworthy. and at the beginning of Romans 12, where we are told to sacrifice the entirety of our being as "spiritual worship" to God,  and then to be transformed by renewing our minds.

First and foremost Christian Meditation should always be done in communion with God. It is Him who produces change in our hearts. Knowing Him and building intimacy with Him is what will produce those results that our hearts yearn for so desperately. So the change of our heart's attitudes can not exclude God. It is something we do with Him and with His leadership. He knows our hearts better than we do. So meditation always start with asking God to reveal the sinfulness within us and show us those areas that He wants to change in us. The scriptures say:

"Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (emancipation from bondage, freedom)." 2 Corinthians 3:17, AMP

When we meditate we are opening our hearts and lives to the spirit of God. When our heart, which are in bondage to sin come into contact with the spirit of God, they are set free. From His Spirit, love, peace, joy, and every good thing flows into our hearts. To the point where this overflows into every aspect of our lives and becomes a blessing for everyone we come into contact with.

"The upright (honorable, intrinsically good) man out of the good treasure [stored] in his heart produces what is upright (honorable and intrinsically good), and the evil man out of the evil storehouse brings forth that which is depraved (wicked and intrinsically evil); for out of the abundance (overflow) of the heart his mouth speaks." Luke 6:45, AMP

-G