Murmuring on the Word!

Yesterday I began our fall study of ten select Psalms (Ancient Songs for Today's Journey). I decided to be creative and begin with Psalm 1! The whole point of the Psalm is that true happiness (as God defines happiness) comes to the person who is DIFFERENT FROM THE WORLD (world being the evil world system that is under the control of the Evil One - see 1 John 1:9) because he or she is DEVOTED TO THE WORD. This is seen in the first two verses of the Psalm which read:

"Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. ²But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he 

 meditates day and night."

The Hebrew word that is translated "meditates" actually means "to murmur." So to mediate on the Bible means to murmur about the Bible ... or in other words, to talk to ourselves about what it is we are reading (and if you are anything like me, you know what it means to talk to yourself!). Regrettably, however, so few of us when we read our Bibles take the time to do this!  We never mentally "chew over" what we are reading ... we rarely think about how God wants us to apply its truth to our daily lives ... we never pray about doing so! Perhaps this is why a deep settled happiness eludes so many of us ... yes, even us Christ followers!

So my question for you is this: Have you murmured on Scripture today? If not, are you planning to set aside time to do so?

Thanks for stopping by . . .

pj