But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on His law [His precepts and teachings] he [habitually] meditates day and night.
All of the successful people we read about in the Bible had a habit of meditating on God’s Word. They knew that it was the way to keep their minds renewed to God’s ways. To meditate is simply to roll something over and over in your mind, to mutter it softly or speak it out loud.
Meditating on God’s Word is very powerful. I like to look at meditating on God’s Word like chewing my food. If I swallow my food whole, I don’t get all of the nutrition that is in it. If we skim over God’s Word or just hear a weekly sermon in church, it is like swallowing it whole and never getting the fullness of the good things out of it that God wants us to have.
The Word of God has inherent power, and I believe that power is best released as we think on it over and over.
Prayer of the Day: Lord, help me meditate on Your Word daily, not just skim it. Teach me to think deeply on Scripture so I can receive all the life and strength it brings.
