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Main Post of the Week #2 (week of Feb 16th-22nd)

Welcome. I am still excited about the divine potential in YOUR life. I mean pumped.

God made you and He doesn’t make no junk! Hey, you are God’s kid and you were designed to overcome. But your life needs the right inputs for you to experience the kind of breakthrough that is possible for you.

One of those is the Word of God… but please take as directed for maximum benefit.

(For our first-time guests - a special welcome to you. This is a multi-part series and we recommend you check the first post on this topic too. Our main posts are Tuesdays & Thursdays. You can also click here for the totally free download of the Your B.I.G Dreams Series which people seemed to like a lot.)

Now let’s get to it - Creating Breakthrough in Your Life Through Biblical Meditation.

Exactly how do we do it?

Powerful Tidbits

I’m going to give you a few powerful tidbits today and not overcrowd your thinking. Quality information. Don’t worry about what comes next or yesterday. Focus today on what I am sharing today. Work on it. Digest it.

Let’s qualify that. Those of us who are Westerners, let’s face it; we are used to doing things in a hurry and half-baked. Just give us a standard message with 5-10 catchy bullet points — and they’d better be really clever or we’re tuning out.

We have been trained to think that way. Over time we have become conditioned to quickly review volumes of way too much information, rather than limiting inputs and focusing more deeply on the best ones.

Too Much Information - Great Lists are Mostly Forgettable

We love great lists when we first see them, perhaps enough to tell a friend or spouse. For most of us, what happens shortly is that list which once seemed so great disappears forever. Maybe a thought hits us one day and we eventually wonder ‘what ever happened to that great list?’.

Of all the lists you’ve ever seen, been taught or heard, how many can you recall RIGHT THIS SECOND?

That is a symptom of too much information competing for our attention, with our permission.  When we allow this, most of that information stays too superficial to really help us. It remains information. Informational but not transformational. That learned approach can seep into all areas of our life.

If your Bible remains information, you will miss the impartation and without that there is no transformation. That will not cut it here. You must go deeper.

Take the First Step : Start from Wherever You Are — Now

Obvious, right? Yes. Easy? Generally, no. The hardest part can be getting started. So we are going to settle that now. You are not simply reading a blog about meditating on the Word, you are starting - today, or, if it’s too late in the day, first thing tomorrow. How’s that? It’s settled. Otherwise why are you reading this? Doesn’t matter where you are in you walk with the Lord - 2 days, 2 years, 10 years, or 35+ years. If you have a heart and a Bible you are ready.

Congratulations to those of you who just made a quality decision that will change your life.

Toxic Parrots Reveal an Interesting & Painful Truth

Have you ever met someone who can quote all kinds of Scriptures, but bless their heart - they are still kind of toxic? If the Word is so powerful, yet some people who quote it so well are still messed up, what does that tell us? Memorization alone is clearly not the key. Right! Don’t be a toxic parrot. The Word must get much much deeper than memorization.

What a tragic way to live. Mentally knowing enough Scripture to understand what ‘might’,  ’should’ or ‘could’ be in your life, but without the faith and power necessary to experience it anywhere near fully. AAAAARGH! That is where Biblical meditation comes in…

Today’s Main Key - Right Here - Just Get This

Today’s key is simply this. The word to ‘meditate’ means the following: mutter, speak, talk, utter, ponder, study, roar, imagine. Notice how a majority of those descriptions involve speaking the Word out your mouth. Period. Start muttering as you ponder. Start speaking as you imagine. Relax on slaying the dragon with every verse as you loudly declare. Lets start with uttering only, and before you know it the intensity will begin building. Let it happen more naturally. Don’t force it so much.

If you feel a little funny at first, join the club. Don’t use your special Bible reading voice or regular Bible reading mode and cadence. Forget that. The real deep inmost you speaking the Word, slowly and deeply.

You probably already know this. You may have heard this for years. But you have to believe it NOW and you have to start doing it - daily. It doesn’t matter how many times you may have tried before, this time is new and different - because we will gradually and precisely combine this with other things that will enable you to go beyond where you have in the past.

Joshua 1:8

“Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night…”. NIV

Yeah read this again.

On Your Mark, Get Set…

Grab only a handful of Scriptures that are meaningful to your right now in your current situation (yes, it may take a little time to find these and it’s well worth it), and block out 30 Minutes or 15, or 10, even 5 - whatever you can do for several days in a row.

This is not your prayer time. This is not daydreaming. This is not sitting back and listening to the Lord. (Your are hearing His thoughts as you say them anyway.) This is not Bible reading. This is not wandering off to pray for that one certain person the ‘Lord lays on your heart’ because it’s early in the morning. This is not your devotional. This is your Bible meditation time. Don’t think any other thoughts. Replace yours with His. Now we’re getting somewhere.

Summary

You are going to get started. You are going to utter the Word out your mouth. The Word is going deeper into your heart. You are going way past beyond memorization and way past being a toxic parrot. (I know you aren’t one anyway, God forbid, but you get the point). Nothing undercooked or half-baked. You are slowly beginning to tap into the ’spirit and life’ which is locked up in those words. Well done.

Rick for Ti-MC

PS… We’ll talk Tuesday. I may post an audio message for you between now and then from a recent meeting where I was teaching that you might enjoy. We’ll see. We are praying for you. Count on it. If you think of it - share this with someone that may find it helpful using the ’share’ button below.