How’s your personal meditation daily (I wonder)?
Not sure who are following this blog and have been regularly mediating on the WORD. This blog is meant for saints who want to be equipped.
Perhaps, you are struggling with personal devotion or don’t really know what to do after reading the Bible passage. Let me share how I do it. But first, I like to point out the different between Bible Study and Meditation:
Bible Study .......................Meditation- dissect the text .............................- savor & enter the text
- ask questions bout the text ........- let the text ask questions of you
- read and compare fact .................- read and let God speak to you
- find ways to apply ........................- let the light/fact shine on you
Let’s meditate on today’s devotion from Our Daily Bread on Luke 15:1-7
As you enter into the text, you may want to imagine yourself as the lost sheep. What is it like to be lost and helpless? What is the feeling like? Let it flows through you. As you read the passage again, questions will arise: How did the sheep (which is me) get lost? The text never says how, so let the spirit prompt you. How will you get lost? The shepherd here is the LORD, He went looking for this lost sheep. How does it feel to know that my LORD is looking out for me when I am lost? …
There are many things to learn in meditation and after pondering over the text and being questions by the text, have you any incident when you were lost physically or emotionally? How doest this passage encourage you now? Share with someone and encourage one another.
I remember one incident many years back when I needed to drive my children to Amara Hotel in Tanjong Pagar for their music theory examination. As I was not familiar with the place, I looked up the direction in the street map. I even gave myself ample timing for driving. Unfortunately as I left the house, I forgot to bring the street map along! So trusting in my memory, I headed towards the East Coast Expressway (ECP) and exited at Keppel Road. But the road I travelled seemed to be very different from what I could remember! ::(, I knew I was LOST. Fortunately, I still have time and so I drove back into ECP again and try to find the correct exit. Still, the roads looked different from what I expected. I started to get panicky. As time was running out, I began to get panic and asked the children to pray. I too prayed aloud as I drove. Then, it dawn on me to stop the car and asked for a general direction. The first person I approached did not know the direction. The second person pointed to my back and I was heading in the opposite direction. Finally, as I reached the Hotel, I was 10 minutes late.
On reflection, I got lost because I was careless. I forgot to bring my street map along. But most of all, prayer make the difference. And you know what, the children told me that even though they were late, the examination has not started yet when they enter the examination room!
PTL :))
