How to Put God's Word to Work Through Meditation
Anchor Scripture
(Joshua 1:8 KJV) This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Meditation is thinking through scriptures in a quest to find solutions to problems - 2Tim 3:15
Meditation is one of the main channels of putting God's word to work and God's word make you wise when commit yourself to the act of meditation its is only when you meditate on God's word that's when you can be able to apply it. 1Tim 4:13-15
When we get to the art of meditation of the word of God we are processing it into profitable substance and we become wise through meditation and a perfect example is the story of the prodigal son thought his way out of trouble and took step
Prov 18:1- in meditation you intermeddle in manifold wisdom
How to Meditate on the Word of God
1. Think on God's word : you must be able to ponder and think through on the word of God so that the word can be rooted in your heart and faith can be produce
(Philippians 4:8 KJV) Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
2. Talk God's word : Keep on confessing his word - Eph 4:29
3. Walk in God's word : The word of God you don't can never produce results it is not just knowing the word but doing what know
(James 1:22 KJV) But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Foundation for Meditation
1. Memorize the word and keep it in your heart because its what you have inside of you that you speak out - Matt12:34
2. Personalize the word: you should be able to relate the word to your personal situation.
3. Visualize the word have a picture of what the word of God says about you
The Reward of Meditation
1. Believe the word and do it
2. Store up the word in your heart
(Colossians 3:16 KJV) Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
3. Speak the word and pray the word effectively as God only answers prayers based on his word
(1 John 5:14 KJV) And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
(Luke 21:33 KJV) Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Engaging the Wonders of Divine Wisdom
Anchor Scripture
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock - Matt 7:24 KJV
What is Divine Wisdom
Divine wisdom is holy ghost inspired wisdom - Gen 41:15-16
And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. - Gen 41:16
Divine wisdom is the apply knowledge of the truth - Matt 7:24-25
In other words it is putting God's word to work - Luke 5: 5-7
Divine wisdom is the fountain for mighty works - Matt13:54
There are four kinds of wisdom which are
1. Earthly wisdom which is the wisdom of the word
2. Sensual wisdom also known as common sense
3. Diabolic wisdom it is the wisdom which from the devil (satanic wisdom)
4. And above all is we have Divine wisdom which is the wisdom from above ( from God).
The creation was founded by divine wisdom
O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. Ps 104:24
Divine wisdom is heaven's sense which is manifest through man's obedience - 1 Sam 15:22
The book of Proverbs 4:7 urges is to get wisdom as it is the principal thing and when we operate in divine wisdom we know all things - John 6:6
Channels of Divine Wisdom
1. A Life of the Fear of the Lord
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever - Psalms 111:10
Psalms 25:14 - The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
2. Through Word Encounters
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. - Psalms 119:130
How to Engage Divine Wisdom to get Result
1. By stirring up the word of God : if God's word meet you it will make you - 2 Tim 3:15, Psalms 19:7-9
The word of God have the capacity to make wise, it us the factory for divine wisdom - Psalms 119:97-100
The word of God also carries the wisdom and produces it in the life of the believer - Luke 11:49
2. Meditate on the word of God : it is thinking through on God's word and the act of meditation is a way of producing divine wisdom.
Psalms 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
To extract God's word you must be committed to the act of meditation
3. Acting on God's word with Understanding : The word you don't act on can never produce, it is not just knowing what to do but doing what you know with understanding - Matt 7: 24-27
But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. - Matt 13:23
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