Key Verse: Verse 23 – “Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.”
The word meditate means to concentrate on one thing.
We are told in Joshua 1:8 that we are to meditate day and night in God’s Word. Think constantly on the Word of God.
In our text verse, the psalmist says that no matter what others are saying about me, my focus is on the Word of God. What a great attitude, one we each need; and when our meditation is on God’s Word, it’s certainly “worthwhile meditation.”
I read the following article in regard to meditation.
“‘This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.’ Joshua 1:8. New Agers have stolen and perverted the concept of meditation so that many contemporary Christians seem uneasy with the term. Joshua noted the need for it centuries ago. Liu Chi Kung placed second to Van Cliburn in the 1958 Tchaikovsky Competition. A year later, he was imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution in China. For seven years, he was denied the use of a piano. Soon after his release from prison he was back on tour, and the critics were astonished that ‘his musicianship was better than ever.’ The obvious question, ‘How?’ One critic said, ‘You had no chance to practice for seven years.’ Liu replied, ‘I did practice, every day. I rehearsed every piece I had ever played, note by note, in my mind.’”
Meditating on God’s Word allows us to live above our circumstances.
What to do:
✞Dedicate yourself to meditate on God’s Word today and every day.
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