The School of the Seers by Jonathan Welton

Author:Jonathan Welton [Welton, Jonathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780768487329
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers

ENDNOTES

1. Bill Hamon, Apostles, Prophets, and the Coming Moves of God (Santa Rosa Beach, FL: Christian International, 1997), 284-285.

CHAPTER 12

Biblical Meditation

A DIFFERENT KIND OF MEDITATION

The false religions of the world—Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and the New Age to name a few—teach that meditation is emptying the mind to have spiritual experiences. This is their understanding of meditation.

The Bible teaches us to meditate in a fundamentally different way—it directs us to meditate on the Word and wait on God. The Bible even tells us what to fill the mind with. In the Word there are five categories on which we are to meditate.

1. Meditate on Good Things

Many people suffer from various mental and emotional illnesses because they only meditate on bad and negative things. Proverbs 23:7 says, “For as [a man] thinks in his heart, so is he” (NKJV). We must choose what thoughts we entertain. Because our thoughts influence and change us, they can make or break us; they manifest as the life that we live.

“Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things” (Philippians 4:8 NKJV).

“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord…” (Psalms 19:14 NKJV).

“May my meditation be sweet to Him; I will be glad in the Lord” (Psalms 104:34 NKJV).

2. Meditate on the Word of God

The Bible is “God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work” (2 Tim. 3:16-17). The importance of meditating on the Word is self-evident to many of us. But for good measure, consider Joshua 1:8:

“Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.”

One of my favorite books of the Bible is Proverbs. When I read it and a verse speaks to me, I repeat it out loud several times. I ponder it, and I chew on it. Then I carry that verse in my heart and mind all day long. It becomes my bread for that day. The next day I open Proverbs again and pull out another piece of bread. If I can find a way to incorporate that word for the day into a conversation with someone, this helps me remember the verse for the future. The true value of Scripture memorization is in application.

3. Meditate on Prophetic Words

There are many things that should be done with prophetic words: testing, judging, proving, warring with, praying over them, and walking them out. One aspect that seems to be under-taught is that we should meditate upon our prophetic words. First Timothy 4:14-15 says, “Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership.

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