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TODAY’S SCRIPTURE

Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. Psalms 1:1-2

Read: Psalm 1:1-3
Listen: Psalm 1

TODAY’S MESSAGE

Christians practice spiritual disciplines in concert with the Holy Spirit to deepen our relationship with God and mold us into Jesus’s character. This month’s spiritual discipline is BIBLE MEDITATION. Bible meditation involves thinking deeply about the truths God has revealed in his Word. This focused thought leads to deeper understanding and living out God’s Word.

The Psalmist gives a beautiful visual of a person who prioritizes meditation on God’s Word. He describes this person as a healthy tree yielding fruit in season. This implies roots that go deep into and are nourished by God’s Word. They bring about the fruit of obedience through the power of the Holy Spirit. This person seeks guidance from God’s Word rather than people around them who do not follow or know God’s ways.

Bible Meditation means not rushing past the words but letting them linger in our minds. It can mean we sit with a familiar passage to soak it in to change us. It’s not just reading for information that passes through our heads and is gone. Instead, it means allowing the Word to occupy our minds to shape how we think, speak and act. The Holy Spirit then enables us to become doers of the word and not just hearers (James 1:25). Meditation leads to obedience, which results in the blessed life the Psalmist describes—a life ordered around the Word of God.

IN YOUR CHAIR TIME TODAY

Ask God to help you grow through BIBLE MEDITATION this month. Pray through Psalms 1:1-3 slowly word-by-word or phrase-by-phrase. Ask the Holy Spirit to make it come alive in you and for help to understand the words as you meditate on them.

2023 SPIRITUAL PRACTICES

Join us all of 2023 developing a different spiritual practice each month. SPIRITUAL PRACTICES are intentional regular activities to deepen our relationship with God and mold us to be more like Jesus.

November is BIBLE MEDITATION. Keep track of our spiritual practices at beyondtheweekend.org/spiritualpractices.

Download a printable PDF of the BTW week here.