How to Meditate on the Word of God
An invaluable gift to all believers
Have you ever wandered in the woods at the moment of sunrise? If you have, you may have noticed the majestic rays of the sun protruding the harmonious stems of trees. At such moments, as a believer, you cannot help but wonder, how wonderful are the works of God.
Sometimes one can get lost in the beauty of such natural marvels. In this dazzling instance, it feels as though you can tap into a fraction of God’s divine consciousness. I am referring to the mental state that inspired timeless verses such as Psalm 139:7:
Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? or Psalm 23:3 He refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.
In this special place, you can see a fraction of what God sees. You can understand the eruption of volcanoes, the roaring of the seas and even the venom of the viper. From these wonders, you can see that all of it owe their existence to a verse in John 1:1&3 that says:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made.
In this state, one can see that there is a fluid transition between nature, mind, consciousness, and God. The inherent connection of these entities are never more apparent than these moments when there is a constant dance between themselves. God is so wonderful that He soaks our spirit with his divine presence in these meditative encounters.
No one who has ever visited this divine space has returned the same. You could almost hear the echoes of Isaiah’s (Isaiah 6:5 NIV) cry in the heavenly chambers:
Woe to me! I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.
Isaiah would never be the same. Another person who had such an encounter was Job.
Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm Job 38:1&4 Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?
Isn’t it amazing how God consistently speaks to his servants? As in the days of our forefathers, He speaks today. Seek the Lord, search with all your heart, mind, body, and soul. The diligent search and the constant wonder, all these are forms of meditations. The Psalms are David’s tireless meditations of God. David wrote that seven times a day he prayed. His diligence was rewarded by God’s presence in the time of his rein.
These examples are bits any of us can use to spur our own meditations. Whether we choose to ponder the faithfulness of God or his everlasting grace, whatever things reconnect us to his presence are all tools we can use to meditate.
Search your heart, sift through the past, read the word of God, observe the world around you and you will see that there are manifestations of God all around us. Let them lead you to his divine presence and strive to dwell there. This is how I meditate and this is how you can as well.
