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I don’t know who wrote the following but these steps to safe meditation were
given to me by a friend who had them written from a sermon in the back of her
Bible.
- Make sure our hearts are cleansed from all sin. "Who can understand his
errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults." Psalm 19:12
"Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto
the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me throughly
from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions:
and my sin is ever before me." Psalm 51:1-3
"He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh
them shall have mercy." Proverbs 28:13
If there is sin confess it and forsake it immediately. "If we say that we
have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess
our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a
liar, and his word is not in us."
I John 1:8-10
- Call upon God to reveal His truth to you. The Holy Spirit was given to
us as a comforter--a Parakleet which means "one who comes alongside to help."
"Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: And call
upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify
me." Psalm 50:14-15
"Thus saith the Lord the maker thereof, the Lord that formed it, to establish
it; the Lord is his name; Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee
great and mighty things, which thou knowest not." Jeremiah 33:2-3
"Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all
truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that
shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me:
for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you." John 16:13-14
3. Submit all the thoughts you receive
while meditating to the Truth--the Scriptures. Any thought which conflicts
with the Word of God should be rejected. The sign of truth is freedom.
John 8:32-36 "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed"
We need to know the Word of God by:
--Hearing--in the since of ‘hearkening’ which means hearing and obeying it.
--Reading--so that we can learn truth which is the greatest tool in keeping
us from error.
--Study--"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth
not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." II Timothy 2:15
--Memorize--"My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
Proverbs 7:1-3
These four paths will greatly enhance our meditation in the Word. These paths
will give us the foundation to filter our thoughts to keep them in check with
God’s Word, His voice, and His perfect will for us.
I cannot exist without my time of ‘being’ with God. In my tent of meetings,
my time of meditation I can crawl up on the lap of God and let him engulf
me with his mighty wings as He speaks to my heart and allows me to nurse at
His shad to renew my strength....hope....faith...and vision for my tomorrows.
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