Food For Thought!
"Blessed is the man...whose delight
is in the law of the Lord, and in
His
law he meditates day and night."
Psalm 1: 1-2
An American seminary professor spent a summer
studying Hebrew in Jerusalem. On one occasion, he
followed along in his Hebrew text as a Jewish rabbi
recited from memory, word for word, the entire book
of Psalms in Hebrew.
That commitment reflects priority in the
Old Testament of storing up the Word of
God
and continually meditating on it and
integrating it into one’s life.
The longest psalm in the book of Psalms 119 is given
over to extolling value and importance of God’s Word.
For example, verse 11 says, “Your word I have hidden
in my heart, that I might not sin against You.” Psalm
1
says the man is blessed who meditates on God’s
Word “day and night”—a figure of speech that
means “all the time.”
Not every second of every hour, but as a way of life,
not just for fifteen minutes in the morning or an hour
on Sunday but as a continual source of reflection,
memorization, and meditation.
Commit portions of Scripture to
memory so they become food for
thought throughout your day.
"Memorization is
the
first step to meditation."
Jerry Bridges
