A Challenge Worth Taking

I will meditate on your precepts. —Psalm 119:78

It’s crazy to think of what swirls around in a fearful mind! I can let my fear take me down dark paths and into deep holes and around shadowy corners. To guard against this tendency, I have found that meditating on the word of God refocuses my heart and mind on things that are true and honorable and just and pure and lovely and commendable (Phil. 4:8).

I have discovered that memorizing God’s word aids meditation. Hiding God’s word in our hearts is a challenge worth taking up, whether you memorize verses, or passages, or entire books of the Bible. Fear often arises in our hearts when our minds are idle. So, we can put those moments to better use by meditating on portions of Scripture that we have memorized. We can find pockets of time to meditate on God’s word as we’re preparing meals for our family, driving on the highway, taking a shower, standing in line at the bank, waiting for the doctor, or jogging in our neighborhood. We can redeem those idle moments by meditating on God’s word.¹

 

¹His Testimonies, My Heritage, 2019, Kristie Anyabwile.

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His Testimonies, My Heritage (2019) edited by Kristie Anyabwile, used by kind permission of the Publisher,

The Good Book Company. www.thegoodbook.com

Scripture taken from The CSB