While listening to a sermon by John Piper, I was encouraged by the way he explained how he meditated on scripture. For in Psalm 19:14 it says, “May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my redeemer.” And it also says in Psalm 119:11, “I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.”
As a result, when he would spend his daily time with God – reading scripture and praying – he would always strive to pick a verse that he could meditate on throughout the day. He would do that through memorizing the verse, repeating it, and praying through it in the course of the day.
I started doing it yesterday and it has been a great encouragement.
Yesterday I memorized Galatians 1:10 – “Am I now trying to win human approval or God’s approval? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.”
And today I memorized Galatians 2:20 – “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
Lord, grant me the perseverance to continue this discipline so that I may meditate on your word always and hide your word in my heart.
