Wednesday | Meditate on God’s Word
But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
Matthew 4:4
Blessed is the man
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
but his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
He is like a tree
planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers.
Psalm 1:1-3
Oh how I love your law!
It is my meditation all the day.
Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies,
for it is ever with me.
I have more understanding than all my teachers,
for your testimonies are my meditation.
I understand more than the aged,
for I keep your precepts.
I hold back my feet from every evil way,
in order to keep your word.
I do not turn aside from your rules,
for you have taught me.
How sweet are your words to my taste,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Through your precepts I get understanding;
therefore I hate every false way.
Psalm 119: 97-104
Wednesday | Meditate on God’s Word: Read the Scripture passage for the day, aloud and silently, and multiple times if you can. Take time to imagine the story as you read. Make observations and connections, and write down questions. If you have time, you can consult Bible commentaries or friends who have been studying the Bible for longer than you.
Wednesday evenings we meet for a Bible study hosted by McKeevers on Zoom. Come at 6:30pm for fellowship and we’ll begin the Bible study at 7pm. The weekly announcement email will include the passage we’ll be studying, so that you can spend time there in advance. Even if you aren’t able to attend, we will all be reading the same Scripture each Wednesday and can share our reflections, questions and insights on the Facebook page or with a friend.
Some things we know intuitively and instinctively. Other things we know as we study an orderly world, and we can gain wisdom from life experience. And yet knowledge and understanding of the things of God— of the Father, His Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit— we can only know through the divine revelation given to us in the Bible. We learn who God is and what God is like. Likewise, we learn who we are. We are confronted, rebuked and corrected; we find comfort, wisdom, and instruction! All these things the Holy Spirit applies to the particulars of our lives as we are willing to listen and obey. Echoing God’s Law given to Moses, Jesus taught that the first and greatest commandment was “to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” This also informs the way we read God’s Word. We come, as best we can in our brokenness, with our whole selves. We come to the text with engaged minds, and open hearts and surrendered wills.