What the Wondrous Word of God Can Do in a Willing Servant

When I put the Word in me, I think about It. I break the Word down into small parts and I chew on It, I ruminate on It, I eat It, I bring It back, chew on It some more, and before you know it, It is unfolding like lettuce. What God said is much deeper than what I read on the surface. God is unfolding for me in my heart and in my mind what He is truly saying to me. God’s Word is valuable and alive and powerful and sharper than a two-edge sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and goes all the way down to the bone and the marrow and the joints (Hebrews 4:12). It goes all the way down in the inside and deals with the real us because what You and I see is not the real us.  You can look studious and holy and pious, but the Word of God, the Bible says, is a discerner, means it is an umpire-it calls the balls and strikes. (Hebrews 4:12)

The word meditation simply means to reflect on it. The idea is to mutter to myself, to speak it back to myself over and over.  You don’t need me to preach to you Monday through Saturday, you need to preach to yourself. Meditation on God’s Word is the speaking back to myself the bits that God has given me to chew on. All of you note takers, all of your notes mean nothing if they are just stuffed in a book waiting to be opened until the next Sunday. You need to be taking those bits and chewing on It, because what you get from my preaching is not all of what God wants to say to you. He’s only using me to awaken you, to stimulate you, to inspire you, but you should be saying, “I want to know more!”

Prayer: Our Heavenly Father, we want more of You and the only way we can accomplish this is to purpose to spend time in Your Word and at Your feet. We want to have Your Word  hidden so deeply in our hearts that our thoughts and actions continually reflect You. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
By Pastor Wayne Cockrell