I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thy testimonies are my meditation.
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… Just an enjoyable picture. And then the other is Psalm 119 verse 99. where the psalmist says, I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. And the word there for meditation is talking about reflecting quietly with deep devotion. So notice the difference here. Reading the Bible is good. And it's necessary as a starting point for meditation, but it's not where it stops, because we don't just read the Bible like we're reading a novel for entertainment or a non-fiction book for information. No, as we read the Bible, we want to absorb the Bible. We want to soak in what it's saying. And that involves more than just following words on a page. Do you ever find yourself doing that? Do you ever find yourself just kind of reading verses, words in Scripture? I do, especially when I'm using a Bible reading plan like we're using. I find myself just reading verse after verse after verse, and then I'll stop and think, I have no idea what I just read. …
You, through your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the ancients, because I keep your precepts. I have restrained my feet from every evil way, that I may keep your word. I have not departed from your judgments, for you yourself have taught me. How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth. Through your precepts I get understanding, therefore I hate every false way. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. A few verses down, verse 111. Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart. Verse 145. Don't worry, we're almost done. Verse 145. I cry out with my whole heart, hear me, O Lord. I will keep your statutes. I cry out to you, save me, and I will keep your testimonies. I rise before the dawning of the morning and cry for help. I hope in your word. How's that for attitude towards scripture? That's the right attitude. That's the be diligent, be eager. …
… IF YOU WILL IN VERSE 97, OH HOW I LOVE THY LAW, IT IS MY MEDITATION ALL THE DAY. LOOK IN VERSE 99, I HAVE MORE UNDERSTANDING THAN ALL MY TEACHERS, FOR THY TESTIMONIES ARE MY MEDITATION. LOOK IN VERSE 148, MINE EYES PREVENT THE NIGHT WATCHES THAT I MIGHT MEDITATE IN THY WORD. MEDITATE, MEDITATE, MEDITATE. THAT IS, MY DEAR FRIEND, WHEN YOU INTERNALIZE THE WORD OF GOD. AND FOR YOU TO MEDITATE, IT TAKES TIME, IT TAKES QUIETNESS, IT TAKES CONCENTRATION, AND THAT IS WHY YOU NEED THAT QUIET TIME. BUT NOT ONLY DO YOU DO THAT IN YOUR QUIET TIME, THEN IT STAYS WITH YOU ALL THE DAY long. Have you ever driven a stick shift automobile? When you first get that stick shift automobile, you say, now what is this? That's first, second, third, fourth. How does it work? You know, and you're just going through that thing and remembering to put the clutch in and all that. But after a while, if you drive an automobile like that, you never think about that anymore. …