Meditation - Promises and Declarations
When God does something in Scripture, he often says, “Remember my promises”. We see this repeatedly in the Bible: Abraham, Moses, Joshua, David, the Prophets and the kings, etc. There is a reason the Lord reminds us of his promises—we will encounter resistance. The Devil wants to frustrate the plans God has over your life. The world is at odds with the life of faith. You must keep the promises in front of you because when you stare into the reality of the problem ahead of you, you realize this is going to be impossible without God’s help; you cannot do what He has called you to do. That’s actually the reason he called you. He desires to display his glory through people who couldn’t possibly take credit for what’s going to happen. Our job is to say, “Okay, God I’m game. You said you wanted to do this in my life, I ask you to do it.” Then we must ‘do’ something; we begin to shift our lives into alignment with God’s promises to us.
Below are two passages of Scripture following this type of pattern. I recommend reading both passages. Choose the one that stands out to you and delve deeper into the text. Remember, meditation is about thinking deeply about a text. Ask questions of it. Approach it from different directions. Imagine yourself in the role of the characters. Understand what happened, then ask the Lord what he wants to say to you through the text. Be sure to write your thoughts down.
Joshua 1:1-11
2 Peter 1:3-11
Below are two passages of Scripture following this type of pattern. I recommend reading both passages. Choose the one that stands out to you and delve deeper into the text. Remember, meditation is about thinking deeply about a text. Ask questions of it. Approach it from different directions. Imagine yourself in the role of the characters. Understand what happened, then ask the Lord what he wants to say to you through the text. Be sure to write your thoughts down.
Joshua 1:1-11
2 Peter 1:3-11