WHAT ARE SOME FORMS OF GENUINE CHRISTIAN MEDITATION?
Since it is our purpose to glean something concrete and practical from this message, we want to look at some specific forms of meditation. Meditation upon Scripture is an important form of meditation. We are not talking so much here about the study of Scripture. Meditation is concerned with the internalizing and the personalizing of a passage of Scripture. It is not a time for technical analysis, nor is it a time to gather information to share with others. This is a time to humble ourselves and receive God’s Word as it is addressed to us. It is important to resist the temptation to pass over many passages superficially. Trying to rush through chapters and trying to meet quantitative goals is not what you want to do. It is best to take a single event, or a parable, or a few verses, or even a single verse-and allow it to take root within one’s mind and heart. Another form of meditation is what the Quakers have often called “centering down.” It is a time to become still and silent and all
