1st Timothy 4:15. “Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.” MEDITATE… APPLY. Meditation is good when the subject of thought is good. That is how the benefit is obtained from spiritual food. Reading is a place to start; listening and observation are other Ways to stimulate food for thought that needs to be chewed over.
One has to be careful, for the mind is not really a blank. I can think with complaint, or promote with thanks. What I allow myself to think can have a harmful effect, If I meditate on wrong things and the right things neglect.
Those things that have godliness as their object in view, Can change my whole life and that of other people too. Meditation enables me to see deeper than just the surface to skim – God wants my meditation to bring me closer to Him.
But it’s not enough to know God and of His truth be aware. Meditation has value when its results I can share With others, so they can grow up and go further in grace, As meditation becomes an application, that increases one’s faith.
It is not for self-interest that we apply what we know. But those others we minister to, also may grow By seeing the result of how God does His work in me, And the profit that comes may be very easy to see.
Applying what I meditate on has quite a number of reasons To be useful in many ways and in all of life’s seasons – Because what is learned and practiced when young is there when I’m old, And the benefits received, then to others now can be told.
“Father, I thank Thee for these times of meditation when, in grace, my soul and mind are focused on things that are spiritual. Hopefully, the results will be a sense of godliness and holy respect for divine things. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”