What do you think about when you hear the word, “meditation”? Hippies seated in lotus chanting “AUM”? That’s what came to mind for me as well. Yet a voice inside of me wondered if it could be something more.
When I was younger I was taught to meditate on scripture. Scripture speaks a lot about meditating on God’s laws. In fact, scripture speaks a lot about meditation in general: Simply because, meditation is clearing your mind of the busyness and focusing on one thing.
One of my favorites says: “When I remember you on my bed. I meditate on you in the night watches.” Psalm 63:6.
Breakthrough. This could change the way I pray. This could change the way I live. I lose myself when I lose my connection with the Creator. Simply, I forget to think about Him. Regular meditation on God would change so much. And it’s so simple: Think about God. I had the opportunity recently to think about God in a room of others who were thinking on their own things. I focused on my breath. I focused on Christ. I prayed that the revelation of Christ appear to those around me with each inhale. I acknowledged the attributes of God with each peaceful exhale. In return I discovered a new way of intimacy with my Creator. I am excited to explore meditation more and to incorporate scripture into my discipline.
I looked up some definitions of meditate: to plan, to ponder, to intend. And meditation: deep reflection. So, it is thinking about something deeply, keeping it in your heart and mind. This seems to be active, not passive, so if we empty our mind, we had better be quick to fill it with good things. I don’t know about “aum”, but I can think of some “om’s”: “omnipotent” – all powerful; “omniscint” – all knowing; “omnipresent” – present everwhere at once = describing God. I also thought of some other beautiful words describing God: Immanual – God with us, Messiah, Savior, Creator, Redeemer, Everlasting Father, Lord, the Great I Am, Prince of Peace. Grace greater than all my sin. Jesus loves us so much! there are so many wonderful things to meditate on! I hope everyone will pick some Bible words and verses to meditate on.
I agree. True meditation is the ability to clear our mind of the meaningless noise and traffic and fill it with the thoughts of God. Many times it isn’t until I am completely still and quiet that I can bask in God’s beauty and presence.