Have you ever thought much of the
exercise of meditation, and how frequently it is spoken of in Scripture (Gen.
24:63; Psa. 1:2; 19:14; 49:3; 63:6; 77:12; 119:99,148; etc.)?
Perhaps it may be from want of
this holy exercise, and really comprehending it, that the Church of the living
God is wanting in unity of doctrine and in spirituality of mind.
The study of God’s Word may be
concentrated, deep, constant, like searching for a vein of gold; and memory may
marvelously retain and bring forth what study has discovered. But meditation is
not the discovery of more or new things, but a calm sitting down with God to
enrich oneself with what study has discovered, and feeding with Him upon the
stores which memory has laid up.
Study and memory make the ready
and admired speaker; but meditation makes the sweet, living exhibition of Jesus
everywhere, whether speaking or silent (Josh. 1:9; Psa. 104:34; 119:15). Truths
from an infinite, all-wise God have in them more than the best meditative
faculty has ever or can ever digest.
May the Lord unfold to you and me
some of His own rich stores. They are so deep! But I am only at the surface of
them. They are our inheritance, and our "inheritance shall be
forever" (Psa. 37:18).