Meditation= Digestion

Meditation in the word is to our spirit as digestion is to the physical body. In the last blog we talked about the battlefield of the mind. This is where the war is won or lost in our lives. If the enemy can effect the way we think than he'll effect the way we live. Right thinking = right living! The final point we made at the end was RENEW. Lets pickup from there. We renew our minds and ways of thinking by meditating upon the word of God. Meditation is litterally defined to ponder imagine mutter and say the same things over and over again. It doesent mean to dress up into pajamas and sit indian style looking up into the sky while humming. This unfortunately can be the menatlity of people when it comes to this powerful word. However it is one of the most powerful and profound principles that will ever be practiced in the life of a blood bought born again believer! Remember when Josua took over as leader of the COI after the death ofd Moses. One of the very first instructions from God to him was MEDITATE ON MY WORD DAY & NIGHT(Josua 1:8) We than see this reported by the spirit through David In thy law do I MEDITATE DAY & NIGHT(Psalm 1:2-4) It goes onto tell us the benefits and blessings. We'll be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, our leaf will not wither and whatever we do SHALL PROSPER! When were meditating on his word, we are like keeping that promise before us and it enables that word to effectually work in us(1 Thess 2:13) Jesus references this very thing when he says If ye abide in me and MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU(John 15:7) How do we get his words abiding in us? MEDITATION! The bible says Ye are strong, because the word of God ABIDES IN YOU(1 John 2:14) We get stronger and stronger when meditating upon the word of God that is QUICK & POWERFUL(Heb 4:12) Its life to those that find them anhd health to ALL OUR FLESH(Prov 4:22) This all goes down through meditation. You might be like I have never meditated. Sure you have. You might be like when? Have you ever worried? Worry is meditation. Its just were meditating on the problem instead of the solution. When we meditate on the word we are meditating on the ANSWER! Jesus said IAM THE WAY(John 14:6) Well Jesus IS THE WORD(John 1:1) So when we are meditating on his word, were meditating on the WAY! His words are LIFE TO THOSE THAT FIND THEM! Find scriptures that pertain to the problem and MEDITATE! When we do it will covert into life, just like in digestion the food turns into energy. May we never ever forget Meditation = Digestion!