God is listening! He is Faithful!

The Lord is SO faithful! He desires to show us how much He cares about us in many ways. One way is answering our questions as we humbly come to Him for answers. God helped me to see this on Wednesday.

I found an old paper I had in my gym bag that day. It was Psalm 1, verse 1-6 that I had printed so I could try to memorize it. As I read the verses, one verse continued to stand out - verse 2.

But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. (Psalms 1:2)

I began to ask the Lord, "What does it REALLY mean to MEDITATE on Your Law?" Memorizing and meditating are not the same thing. It is good to memorize the Word, but I knew the Lord wanted more. But what did HE really mean when He said MEDITATE?

On Thursday morning, I picked up a devotional called Experiencing God Day-By-Day. Here is the entry for April 7th - the very day I asked the Lord those questions:

Meditation means “to think deeply and continuously about something.” For a Christian, this means remaining in the presence of God and pondering each truth He reveals about Himself until it becomes real and personal in your life. This takes time. In His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus accused certain would-be followers of calling Him “Lord” and yet never doing what He told them (Luke 6:46). They had the correct truth in their heads, but it had never translated into obedience. When you meditate on Scriptures, the truth moves from your head to your heart and results in obedience. As the Psalmist said: “Your word have I hidden in my heart, / That I might not sin against You” (Ps. 119:11).

When you know God’s Word in your mind but not in your heart, it means that you have learned the principles and concepts and doctrines of God, but you have not come to know Jesus personally. You can reject a doctrine, or ignore a concept, or challenge a principle, but it is much more difficult to ignore a Person. You can have Scripture in your mind and still sin against God. There are those who can recite long passages of Scripture and yet live ungodly lives. However, you cannot have Scripture fill your heart and continue to sin against God. When God’s truth is allowed to touch the deepest corner of your soul, the Holy Spirit will transform you into the image of Jesus Christ. Don’t just read your Bible, meditate on God’s Word and ask Him to change your heart.

You can see more of these devotions at: http://www.blackaby.org/devarchive.asp

If you are struggling to believe that God is faithful or that He is listening, be encouraged! He is faithful! He is listening! And He wants to answer the questions you have as you humbly come to Him for the answer! Keep on asking and seeking and knocking.......the Lord will answer!!