Isn't meditation used by other religions (Psalm 77:12)?
Psalms 77:12 "I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds."
Psalms 77:1 - 20
NASB - 1 My voice rises to God, and I will cry aloud; My voice rises to God, and He will hear me. 2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; In the night my hand was stretched out without weariness; My soul refused to be comforted.
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Asked October 05 2023
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Tim Maas
Christian meditation has nothing to do with meditative practices that have Eastern mysticism as their foundation. These have at their core a dangerous premise that we need to “hear God’s voice” -- not through His Word, but by personal revelation through meditation. By contrast, Christians are not to abandon God’s Word as contained in the Bible, which is “God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16-17). If the Bible is able to thoroughly equip us for every good work, there is no need to seek a mystical experience instead of or in addition to it. Christian meditation is to be solely on the Word of God and what it reveals about Him and His works (Psalm 77:10-12; Psalm 143:5). True Christian meditation is an active thought process whereby we give ourselves to the study of the Word, praying over it and asking God to give us understanding by the Holy Spirit, Who has been promised to lead us “into all truth” (John 16:13). We then put this truth into practice, committing ourselves to the Scriptures as the rule for life and practice as we go about our daily activities. This causes spiritual growth and maturing in the things of God.
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