What's On Your Mind?

It can't be emphasized enough the importance of daily meditation on God's Word.

"We modern Christians are long on talk and short on conduct." AW Tozer

We talk so much about daily reading and meditation on Scripture, yet many of us rarely ever do it. But we can't do it just for the praise and approval of men, we must be consumed with a passion for His Word. The only trick: we will never gain an appetite for something we only sample. We must discipline ourselves to make reading a daily habit. As we read the Word, the Word will read us, and we will soon develop an insatiable appetite for His truth. But it all starts with disciplining ourselves to embark on the journey.

We can’t be in a hurry when we study God's Word. Deuteronomy 6:6-7 says, "These words...shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons 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."

In other words, God's Word ought to occupy your mind all the time. This is the point we all must strive for in our lives!

And this can happen only if we are steadily reading and meditating on Scripture.

A new revelation: Bible study always begins with reading. No, not quite a new revelation, but a revelation so many of us still never actualize in our lives. Because quite frankly, a lot of people never get to that point; that is reading. At best, most people nibble at the text. They may read books about the Bible or devotional materials loosely based on it, but they don't read the Bible itself. Good Christian books and magazines that supplement your Bible reading are fine, but there is no substitute for reading Scripture. We are to embark on some reading each day, and we MUST have people in our lives to hold us accountable to it each week.

Meditation is the process that molds the individual parts into a cohesive comprehension of biblical truth. It's another word for deep thinking and reflection. Meditation--in the biblical sense of the word--is a contemplative, intelligent process.

Psalm 1:1-2 says, " How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers! But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night. " We should repeatedly meditate and reflect on Scripture.

So what occupies your mind? Is your mind being renewed day by day? What's on your mind?

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