What Do You Allow Your Mind to Meditate On?

My eyes stay open through the watches of the night that I may meditate on your promises. – Psalm 119:148

“What comes out of a man is what makes him ‘unclean’. For from within, out of men’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and make a man ‘unclean’” – Mark 7:20-23

What you ponder upon, What you ponder upon, you will surely become. You are a wonderful sum total of all your thoughts and actions to date. What we look at, what we read, who we hang out with and where we go all control our thoughts. Our thoughts are formed into our words and our actions. If we plan to live a godly life, we must spend time meditating on the Word of God. You cannot live a godly life without constantly feeding on the Word of God. The issue with us Christians sometimes is that we know the lingo and we are great at “acting like”. We present a front in church, holding up holy hands when our hearts are in a state of decay. We display a form of godliness but deny the power therein. We are the moral police because there are certain things we won’t do and things we won’t say but in the same breath, we are the first to hold a grudge and be malicious to another.

Meditation is crucial in the life of any true believer. It is a time when we are silent in the presence of God. This is when we approach the throne of grace with humility understanding that all our attempts at righteousness at best are like filthy rags before the Lord. This is when we review what is in our hearts and how we treat others. The Bible is clear that it does not matter what title we hold or what position we hold in the church, it all comes to naught if we have not loved. The good news is like all hope is not lost. If we permit the Lord, he can mould our lives into what He wants us to be with His Word. He has given us the Holy Spirit to guide us and instruct us on a daily basis. Whether we choose to accept it or not, something or someone is molding our hearts. I want God to mold my heart as I mediate on His Word, what about you?