Do
you ever have trouble believing the Word of God? Not just agreeing with
it mentally, but really believing that what it says will work for you?
I
do. There are times when the promises in the Word stagger my mind.
There have been times when I’ve felt so defeated and the circumstances
around me looked so bad that it was tough for me to believe I was “more
than a conqueror” even though I knew God said I was.
What do you do when your mind staggers like that at the promise of God? You meditate on that promise.
Scriptural
meditation simply means thinking about and reflecting on the Word of
God. It means pondering a particular scripture and mentally applying it
to your own circumstances again and again until that scripture
permanently marks your consciousness.
That kind of meditation can
affect your life in a way that almost nothing else can. It can, quite
literally, alter your mind. That’s what happened to Abram.
When
God first told him that he was going to father a nation, he was an old
man. His wife, Sarai, was also old. What’s more, she had been barren all
her life. How could an aging, childless couple have even one child—much
less a nation full of them? Abram couldn’t even imagine such a thing.
It contradicted his entire mindset.
But God knew the mental
struggle Abram would have, so He didn’t just make him a verbal promise
and leave it at that. He gave Abram a picture of that promise to
meditate on. He took him out into the starry night, turned his eyes to
the sky and said, “So shall thy seed be.”
Can’t you just see Abram staring out at the stars, trying to count them? Filling the eyes of his heart with the promise of God?
That’s
what meditation is all about. Taking time to envision the promise of
God until it becomes a reality inside you. It’s tremendously powerful,
and by focusing on the scriptural promises God has given you, you can
put it to work in your life just as Abram put it to work in his.
Don’t just read the Word. Meditate on it today.
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