* "Meditation is to your inner person what digestion is to your body." —Warren Wiersbe
* Your body must process food to extract nutrients, which fuel and repair your body.
* Your brain must process thoughts to extract truth, which fuels and repairs your soul.
* Meditation Definition:
* “think deeply or focus one's mind for a period of time, in silence, for religious or spiritual purposes or as a method of relaxation.”
* “to think deeply or carefully about (something).”
* Satan wants you to clear your mind so it stays empty.
* God wants you to clear your mind so He can fill it!
* This is why you must meditate on God’s Word.
* Truth will fill you and fuel you.
* vs 23 - “Though rulers sit together and slander me, your servant will meditate on your decrees.”
* David cultivated a practice of meditation.
* Few things are better than timely advice in a situation where you desperately need wisdom.
* This is the beauty of reading God's Word every day.
* Just watch how you will read something on the very day you need it most - something will just pop off the page and explain things in a way you didn't see before.
* You may have read the verse 100 times before but now that you're in a new situation you see it differently and it really speaks to you.
* The result:
* vs 24 - “Your statutes are my delight; they are my counselors.”
* This is how God's Word becomes our delight - we realize that what we're reading has the answers to ALL of life's issues.
* It's literally the road map to living life to the fullest.
* David meditated before he experienced delight.
* When you meditate you think deep, and when you think deep patterns begin to emerge.
* This helps you process through situations so the next time they come up you have a plan in place to get through it in power!
* So don’t just read the Bible, meditate on it and watch what happens.