Self-deception, I think, is the acutest form of deception. The good news is, meditation is a potent cure for self-deception. You cannot be deceived until you forget the Word. And you cannot forget the Word if you meditate the Word. Deception as a seed does not germinate in the soil of meditation. Meditation prepares you for what God has prepared for you. Meditation prepares and positions you for the weight of glory God has scheduled for your life. Meditation is one of the most effective ways of installing new beliefs that are consistent with the limitless possibilities you have in God.
A requirement for success
Joshua 1:8 – “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.
God prescribed meditation in the Word as a guarantee for Joshua’s unquestionable success. You access rare wisdom through meditating in the Word of God, which makes you deliver uncommon value and that’s how you become a significant success.
An imperative for taking over cities
Deuteronomy chapter six verses six to eleven charged the people of God to intensely meditate the Word and to diligently teach it to their children. Then verses 10 and 11 tell us what God is able to do when we cooperate with him through dogged meditation in the Word.
10 “So it shall be, when the LORD your God brings you into the land of which He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you large and beautiful cities which you did not build,
11 houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, hewn-out wells which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant—when you have eaten and are full—’’
God will not hand over cities to an incompetent, self-debasing, self-limiting, pessimistic and an inferiority-complex-plagued bunch of people. And yet through meditation in the Word we are able to take what God so lavishly bestows on us. That ability to take what God gives is unleashed through meditation. Meditating in the Word of God will rid you of internal fear, self-condemnatory thoughts and self-doubt and position you as an authorized force of God on the earth.
All things are possible to him who believes
God can and will give anything to anyone who truly believes him. Meditation develops the faith that moves God in you. And if you can move God by your faith you can move mountains, the earth and the heavens by your faith.
Finally, in verse 12 of Deuteronomy chapter 6 God warns his people,
‘then beware, lest you forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.’
Whatever you got through and in God is sustained and maintained in God. Forgetting God, therefore, is a dangerous shape to be in. The only way I know to keep God fresh in your heart and mind is through meditating in the Word of God day and night.
Take action
No revelation, no matter how heavy, will benefit you without application. To claim you understand meditation and its unparalleled benefits and not meditate is an indication you don’t truly understand. This is because action is the fruit of understanding. Take time out to mutter the Word of God and you will become a master in your space.
Multiply. Influence
Rule and subdue the earth!
Awesome!