How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,
Nor stand in the path of sinners,
Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!
But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And in His law he meditates day and night.
— Psalm 1:1-2
In centuries past, meditation was seen as a necessity for life. Over the last 100 years or so we have lost the emphasis of true Biblical meditation in the Christian life. We live in a day and age where knowledge through sermons, books, blogs, and podcasts is at our disposal, and yet there still seems to be so many anemic Christians blown to and fro, indulging in sin, and constantly questioning assurance of salvation. Little weight is given to an art so prolific in the writings of Scripture and the Puritans. This little book packs a big punch. It walks you through the joy of cultivating the habit of mediation, unbiblical views of meditation, reasons to meditate, pitfalls, difficulties, and benefits to meditation, and how to get started.
I wrote in my post on Puritan Heroes how one of the most intriguing things about the Puritans was their intimacy with Christ, how He was all together lovely, and that they wanted to be as close to Him and as much like Him as they could – I truly believe this is because they sought to think deeply about Him through meditation. They were men and women whose delight was in the law of the Lord and meditated in it day and night. They didn’t just use Philippians 4:8 (Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.) when choosing what recreational activities they should partake in or when they needed to battle sin, but made it their waking pursuit that lead them to greater obedience and fuller devotion to Christ. I could say so much more, but I beg you go read this book! Thank you @reformationheritagebooks this book challenged and encouraged me immensely!
