Mem - Meditation has a bad reputation primarily because of other religions touting meditation as a transcendental path to holiness or self realization. Consequently Christians have all but deleted the word from their spiritual vocabulary. First, what is meditation? One source describes it as: Continued or extended thought; reflection; contemplation; devout religious contemplation or spiritual introspection.
Simply put, meditation describes the means by which the word we read and think about becomes ingrained upon the pages of our heart. God reveals truth to our minds and helps us connect scripture with scripture. Our happy engagement brings our Beloved ever closer and lessens the tempters opportunities and influences. The preoccupation of our thoughts invariably becomes the actions of our bodies. We will therefore naturally begin to practice what we treasure in our hearts. This is what 1 John 2:20 and 27 alludes to. We will always need human tutelage but the indwelling engrafted word continuously works from behind the scenes transforming us into the very image of Christ.
Eventually we discover we have moved beyond religious calisthenics to a vibrant relationship with God. The more he fills our thoughts the more we see the world through his eyes. Sin becomes utterly detestable and the lies of the enemy lose their allure. Slowly but surely we grow into truth and gain a sustainable practice of holiness.©8/2010
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