Meditate on the Bible means deeply reflecting on and contemplating the teachings of God’s Word. It goes beyond just reading Scripture. It involves focusing on specific passages, allowing them to sink into your heart and mind, and seeking to understand and apply them to your life.
This practice helps cultivate a closer relationship with God, strengthens faith, and brings wisdom, peace, and guidance. If you meditate on the Bible, God’s Word, regularly, you can grow in spiritual maturity, align your thoughts with God’s will, and experience transformation through the power of the Bible.
Hearing God’s voice is the most important part of your prayer & fellowship time with God. Understanding what God is saying to you is difficult if you do not know how to properly read and interpret the Bible. It is essential to learn to read God’s word, and observe as much as you can while you read His word. Then you need to meditate on God’s word before you try to interpret what God is saying or trying to teach you.
Having a daily devotion time to read God’s word the Bible and meditate on God’s word is vital to your walk and intimacy with God. You cannot have intimate fellowship with God and become one with God and a partner with God in His Kingdom work if you do not reverently listen to Him.
In John 10:4 & 27 Jesus tells us that His “sheep” or true followers know His (the Good Shepherd) voice and they follow Him. You cannot truly know and follow Jesus unless you can hear His voice. And unless He reveals Himself and His ways and His will to you. You simply cannot hear God’s voice If you do not read the Bible and meditate on God’s word.
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Let God Speak First In Your Prayer Time
If you read and meditate on God’s word early in your prayer/quiet time with God, you allow Him to speak to you first. And allow Him to have first place in your quiet time. Since hearing God’s voice is the most important time in our fellowship time with God, we need to read and meditate on God’s word early on.
Our heart attitude needs to be “Speak Lord for you servant is listening” (1 Samuel 3:9-10). The Biblical word for listen means to “reverently listen to God, with the intent of doing or following whatever you hear – even before you hear it”. Is this your heart attitude ?
Meditating on God’s word leads you from reading God’s word to understanding what God is saying. And then to being careful to do or apply what God says in your life. Then you will have the blessed life that God wants you to have, and you will be a blessing to others.
Here are some practical tips and some wisdom from the Bible to help you to meditate on God’s word so that you can read and interpret His word and better understand what God is saying to you.
Don’t Just Quickly Read God’s Word. Examine It Thoroughly & Meditate On It
“Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all of this.” – 2 Timothy 2:7
“Now the Bereans were of more noble (honorable) character than the Thessalonians, for they
received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.” – Acts 17:11
When you read and meditate on God’s word, reflect on it and ask the following questions
“Speak Lord. What are you trying to say to me ?” (1 Samuel 3:10)
– Is there Sin to avoid ?
– Does it include a Promise to claim ?
– Is there a Command to obey ?
– Is there a Blessing to enjoy ?
– Does it have an Example to follow (or to avoid) ?
– Is there something new to learn about God’s Character ?
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God Uses People, Circumstances, and What You Sense In Your Heart During Prayer Time
When you are trying to discern God’s will and calling on your life, meditate on the Bible, God’s word. Thinks about how God is using your circumstances or other people to confirm what He is saying through His Word.
Also reflect on what you are sensing in your heart during your prayer time. Does it match up with what God is saying to you through His Word ?
Ask the question: “How does what I am sensing in my prayer time, or what I see in my circumstances, or what other Godly people are telling me confirm what God is saying when I read and meditate on God’s Word ?
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As You Read & Meditate On The Bible, Think About How You Can Apply It In Your Life
Ask the question “How can I do this / apply this / follow this in my life ?
“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says… But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it – he will be blessed in all he does.” – James 1:22,25
Simply quickly reading God’s Word is not enough to bring about the transformation that God desires to do in you. And it is not enough to be able to determine what God is saying to you, and how He is trying to teach you. You need to meditate on God’s word the Bible so you will be able to properly interpret it and then apply it into your life. Applying God’s Word into your life is vitally important to walk closely with God.
Memorize God’s Word, And Treasure It & Keep It In Your Heart
When God is your First Love, and your Treasure & your Passion, you will regard God’s Word as a great treasure. There is great spiritual treasure in God’s word. It takes time and effort in order to find the great truths and treasures in the Bible. God must also reveal these great truths and treasures to you. As you seek God with all your heart through His Word and through prayer, God will reveal them to you.
“I have hidden (treasured) your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.” – Psalm 119:11
“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” – Jeremiah 29:13
“Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God.” – 1 Chronicles 22:19
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Keep A Spiritual Journal. Write Down The Verses And What God Is Saying To You
This will help you to keep track of and remember what God is saying to you and how He is leading you. It is good to reflect on these things as you read your entries in your spiritual journal. It is also very encouraging to look back to see how God faithfully and personally worked in and through your life.
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Close Your Eyes & Meditate On The Bible
Here are some verses that you can practice meditating on. Take some time to think on these verses, and try to discern what God is teaching you about Himself. Try to see how these verses can help you in your current circumstances, or with a problem that you are having.
Practice: read and meditate on the Bible God’s word: Psalm 111:2-4 “Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them. Glorious and majestic are his deeds, and his righteousness endures forever. He has caused his wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate.
Practice: read and meditate on Isaiah 40:12 “Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance?”
- meditate on this verse and try to picture what it looks like for God to hold all of the water of the earth in the hollow (palm) of His hand. Try to picture what it looks like when God was measuring the heavens or universe with the span or breadth of his hand (A span is the distance measured by a hand, from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger).
Another Verse To Read And Meditate On
Practice: read and meditate on Isaiah 49:15-16 “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.”
There are so many great verses and truths to read and meditate on in God’s word. You will be uplifted and strengthened once you get in the daily habit of reading and meditating on God’s word. It is well worth the time that it takes to meditate on God’s word.
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When God Speaks Through His Word, Listen To Him And Obey
It is always well worth the time and effort to carefully read and examine God’s word. The effects on your life and the lives of those around you that God is trying to bring about will be very evident.
Psalm 1:2-3 “but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither- whatever they do prospers.”
Deuteronomy 5:32-33 “So be careful to do what the LORD your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left. Walk in obedience to all that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.”
Joshua 1:8 “Do not let this book of the law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.”
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Meditate On God’s Word The Bible To Understand What God Is Saying &/or Teaching
Meditating on God’s word leads you from reading God’s word to understanding what God is saying. And then to being careful to do or apply what God says in your life. Then you will have the blessed life that God wants you to have, and you will be a blessing to others.
Learn to hear God’s voice by reading and meditating on God’s word. And by seeing how God is leading you and confirming it through other people. Or through your circumstances. And/or confirming it by what you sense in your prayer time. Doing this will change your life. You will have a much deeper intimacy with God. And by doing what you hear God telling you to do, you will experience Him and know Him in real and personal ways.
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