We first read about meditating in the Bible in Genesis 24:63 where we are told that Isaac went out to the field to meditate. When Joshua took over from Moses, God gave him some instructions and He told him the importance of meditating on the word and that this would cause him to prosper and be successful (Josh 1:8). To meditate means to think about something over and over, to ponder it and even study it. Psalm 1 talks further about meditating, saying that the person who habitually meditates on the word will be like “a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does he prospers “(Psalm 1:3; ESV). Wow! That sounds like true prosperity to me! Psalm 119 is a long psalm which is almost entirely dealing with the word of God. There are several verses in this psalm which talk about meditating on the word such as verse 97, “Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.”

In the New Testament Phil 4:8 in the Message Bible reads, “Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious – the best, not the worst, the beautiful, not the ugly, things to praise, not things to curse.” Learning to meditate like this takes practice but the more we meditate on God and His word and good things the less we will meditate on anxious, fearful and negative thoughts. Give yourself time today to not just read the word but to meditate on those verses that stand out to you and let God give you revelation.