Meditation - Part 1

Thu Feb 26 14:15:01 PST 2009

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

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   *MEDITATION: A KEY TO WORSHIP AND PRAYER - 1990-10-23 - PART 1*

*Strong #1897 - haGAH - (2009-02-20 - Revised)*

 Joshua 1:8 (1:1-18, ASV) *JOSHUA'S LEADERSHIP: DEPENDENT ON WORD
MEDITATION. “This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but
you shall **meditate** *(aloud) *on it day and night, that you may observe
to do according to all that is written in it: for then you shall make your
way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.” *

 Job 27:8 (26-31) *THE TONGUE: NEUTRAL INSTRUMENT FOR MEDITATION*

 Job 37:2 (33-37) *THUNDER: AN EXPRESSION OF GOD'S MEDITATION*

 Psalm 1:2 (1-6) *GOD'S BLESSING UPON MAN: THROUGH MEDITATION. “But his
delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law does he **meditate** day
and night.” *- and day and night are always MEDITATING (aloud) on his laws

 Psalm 2:1 (2:1-12) *PLOTTING AGAINST GOD'S PEOPLE: AN EVIL MEDITATION*

 Psalm 5:1 (5:1-12) *MEDITATION: EQUALS PRAYER AND VOICE OF OUR CRY. “Give
ear to my words, O Jehovah, Consider my **meditation**.*

 Psalm 9:16 (9:1-20) *MEDITATE ON THIS: GOD DELIVERS FROM THE WICKED*

 Psalm 19:14 (19:1-14) *MEDITATION AND JEHOVAH'S LAW: RELATED. “Let the
words of my mouth and the **meditation** of my heart Be acceptable in your
sight, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer.” *

 Psalm 35:28 (35:1-28) *VOCAL MEDITATION: FOR MAGNIFYING THE LORD*

 Psalm 37:30 (37:1-40) *COUNSELLING: HORIZONTAL MEDITATION*

 Psalm 38:12 (38:1-22) *EVIL MEDITATION: THE WORK OF THE LAWLESS*

 Psalm 39:3 (39:1-13) *ORAL MEDITATION: SETS THE HEART ON FIRE. “My heart
was hot within me; While I was **musing** the fire burned; **Then** spoke I
with my tongue.” *- the fire burned: The more I

*mused*, the hotter the fires inside.

 Psalm 49:3 (1-20) *MEDITATION: THE KEY TO OPEN PARABLES, DREAMS,
REVELATION. “My mouth shall speak wisdom; And the **meditation** of my heart
shall be of understanding.”*

 Psalm 63:6 (63:1-11) *MEDITATION: ENTRANCE TO LEAGUE OF THE BURNING HEART.
“When I remember you upon my bed, **And** **meditate** on you in the
night-watches.” *I lie awake at night *thinking* *aloud* of You.

 Psalm 71:24 (71:1-24) *A TALKING TONGUE ON GOD: CLUE TO MEDITATION*

 Psalm 77:12 (77:1-20) *GOD'S ACTS AND MIRACLES: A SOURCE OF MEDITATION. “I
will **meditate** also upon all your work, and muse on your doings.”*

 Psalm 90:9 (1-17) *MEDITATION: STARTS OUT WITH PROBLEMS*

 Psalm 92:3 (1-15) *SOLEMN MUSIC: HAS ITS PLACE IN MEDITATION*

 Psalm 115:7 (1-18) *IDOLS: UNABLE TO ENGAGE IN MEDITATION*

 Psalm 143:5 (1-12) *THE RIGHT USE OF MEDITATION. “I remember the days of
old; I **meditate** on all your doings; I muse on the work of your hands.”*

 Proverbs 8:7 (1-11) *WISDOM SPEAKS: THE TRUTH OF MEDITATION*

 Proverbs 15:38 (14:1-15:33) *CAREFUL MEDITATION: HALLMARK OF THE RIGHTEOUS*

 Proverbs 24:2 (24:1-20) *END OF MEDITATION OF EVIL MEN: DESTRUCTION*

 Isaiah 8:19 (8:1-9:7) *CHANNELLERS & MEDIUMS: MUTTERING MEDITATIONS OF EVIL
*

 Isaiah 16:7 (16:15-16) * MOURNING: A FORM OF MEDITATION*

 Isaiah 31:4 (31) *ROARING: GOD'S MEDITATION EXPRESSED ON OUR BEHALF*

 Isaiah 33:18 (33:13-24) *A MESSIANIC VISION: WORTHY FOR MEDITATION*

 Isaiah 38:14 (38:4-21) *HEZEKIAH'S MEDITATIVE MOURNING: REWARDED WITH
HEALING*

 Isaiah 59:3 (58:1-59:15)* ISRAEL'S APOSTASY: EVIDENCED BY MEDITATIVE
MUTTERINGS *

 Isaiah 59:11 (58:1-59:15) *FASTING WITH DOVELIKE MOURNING: FRUITFUL
MEDITATION*

* MOURNFUL MEDITATION WITH FASTING: A HEALTHY ELIXER*

 Isaiah 59:13 (58:1-59:15) *HEART MEDITATION UTTERED: CAN BE USED IN LYING*

 Jeremiah 48:31 (48:26-46) *MEDITATIVE MOURNING: JEREMIAH'S RESPONSE TO
JUDGMENT*

 Lamentations 3:62 (3:39-62) *MEDITATIVE DEVICE: AN INSTRUMENT OF EVIL*

 Ezekiel 2:10 (2:1-3:3) *MOURNING: FORM OF MEDITATION FOR JUDGMENT*

 *STRONG #7878 - SEEach - MEDITATION*

 Genesis 2:5 (2:1-25) *A PLANT: PARALLEL TO FRUIT OF GOOD MEDITATION *

Genesis 21:15 (21:1-26) *BUSH SHELTERS CHILD: CHRIST IN US PLEASES FATHER*

 Judges 5:10 (5:1-31) *MEDITATION IN THE GATES: WORK OF RULERS*

 1 Samuel 1:16 (1:6-19) *HANNAH: AN EXAMPLE OF MEDITATIVE POURING OUT*

 1 Kings 18:27 (18:1-46) *ELIJAH: MOCKINGLY POSITS MEDITATIVE TALKING TO
BAAL*

 2 Kings 9:11 (9-10) *COMMUNICATION CAN BE FORM OF MEDITATION*

 1 Chronicles 16:9 (16:7-43) *MOUTH DECLARATION: FLOWS OUT OF HEART
MEDITATION. “Sing unto him, sing praises unto him; Talk (**meditate**) of
all his marvelous works.”*

 Job 7:11 (6-7) *JOB'S PLEA: THE RIGHT TO POUR FORTH BITTER MEDITATION*

 Job 7:13 (6-7) *MEDITATION HALTED BY SLEEP: STOPPED BY NIGHTMARES*

 Job 9:27 (9-10) *JOB: UNABLE TO FOGET HIS MEDITATIVE COMPLAINTS*

 Job 10:1 (9-10) * JOB BY MEDITATIVE COMPLAINT: CAN'T UNDERSTAND GOD*

 Job 12:8 (12-13) *THE EARTH CONTAINS MEDITATIVE PARABLES*

 Job 15:4 (15:1-35) *ELIPHAZ: REBUKES JOB FOR LACK OF CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER*

 Job 21:4 (21:1-34) *JOB'S MEDITATIVE COMPLAINT: AGAINST GOD*

 Job 23:2 (23-24) *JOB'S MEDITATIVE COMPLAINT: AGAINST HIS FRIENDS*

 Job 30:4 (26-31) *BUSHES: ANALOGY OF MEDITATIVE FRUIT*

 Job 30:7 (26-31) *BUSHES: A PLACE FOR FOOLS*

 Psalm 55:2 (55:1-23) *DAVID'S MEDITATION: NOISY AND COMPLAINING*

 Psalm 55:17 (55:1-23) *DAVID'S VOICE: HEARD IN HIS MEDITATION. “Evening,
morning, and at noonday, will I complain (**meditate**), and moan; And he
will hear my voice.”*

 Psalm 64:1 (64:1-10) *DAVID'S VOICE: HEARD IN HIS MEDITATIVE PRAYER. “Hear
my voice, O God, in my complaint (**meditation**); Preserve my life from
fear of the enemy.”*

 Psalm 69:12 (69:1-36) *FALSE LEADERS IN GATES: HAVE MEDITATIVE SPEECH*

 Psalm 77:3 (77:1-20) *DAVID: A MAN FAMILIAR WITH MEDITATIVE COMPLAINT*

 Psalm 77:6 (77:1-20) *MEDITATION: CAN BE A COMMUNING WITH ONE'S OWN HEART.
“I call to remembrance my song in the night; I commune (**meditate**) with
my own heart; And my spirit makes diligent search.”*

 Psalm 77:12 (77:1-20) *MEDITATION: ACT OF WILL BECOMING AN OUTPOURING. “I
will **meditate** also upon all your work, and muse on your doings.” *

 Psalm 102:title (102:1-28) *FROM MEDITATIVE COMPLAINT TO EXULTANT PRAISE.
“A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and pours out his
complaint (**meditation**) before Jehovah.”*

 Psalm 104:34 (104:1-35) *SWEETNESS UNTO THE LORD IN PRAISE AND MEDITATION.
“Let my **meditation** be sweet unto him: I will rejoice in Jehovah.”*

 Psalm 105:2 (105:1-45) *HORIZONTAL SHARING FLOWS OUT OF VERTICAL
MEDITATION. “Sing unto him, sing praises unto him; Talk (**meditate**) of
all his marvelous works.”*

 Psalm 119:15 (119:1-24) *PRECEPT MEDITATION: RULE FOR LIVING. “I will **
meditate** on your precepts, And have respect unto your ways.”*

 Psalm 119:23 (119:1-24) *JESUS, OUR LIVING STATUTE: MEDITATE ON HIM!
“Princes also sat and talked against me; **But** your servant did **meditate
** on your statutes.”*

 Psalm 119:27 (25-48) *HORIZONTAL VOCAL MEDITATION: BASED ON PRECEPT **
UNDERSTANDING*

“*Make me to understand the way of your precepts: So shall I **meditate** on
your wondrous works.”*

 Psalm 119:48: (25-48) *STATUTE MEDITATION: A HABIT OF THE PSALMIST. *“*I
will lift up my hands also unto your commandments, which I have loved; And I
will **meditate** on your statutes.”*

 Psalm 119:78 (73-96) *PRECEPT MEDITATION VERSUS PERSECUTION OF THE PROUD.
“Let the proud be put to shame; for they have overthrown me wrongfully; **
But** I will **meditate** on your precepts.”*

 *Psalm 119:97 (97-120) * *LAW MEDITATION: THE LOVE OF THE PSALMIST. “Oh how
I love your law! It is my **meditation** all the day.”*

 Psalm 119:99 (97-120) *TESTIMONY MEDITATION: SOURCE OF GREAT UNDERSTANDING.
“I have more understanding than all my teachers; For your testimonies are my
**meditation**.” *

 Psalm 119:148 (145-176) *NIGHT MEDITATION: A BLESSED BY-PRODUCT OF
SLEEPLESSNESS :My eyes anticipated the night-watches, That I might **
meditate** on your word.”*

 Psalm 142:2 (1-7) *GOD: HEARS OUR OUTPOURING OF MEDITATIVE COMPLAINT*

 Psalm 143:5 (1-12) *VOCAL MUSING: EFFECTIVE MEDITATION IN DAY OF TROUBLE.
“I remember the days of old; I **meditate** on all your doings; I muse on
the work of your hands.”*

 Psalm 145:4-5 (1-21) *GOD'S HONOR: MEDITATIVE OUTPOURING OF THE PSALMIST.
“One generation shall laud your works to another, And shall declare your
mighty acts, **5** Of the glorious majesty of your honor, And of your
wondrous works, will I **meditate**.”*

 Proverbs 6:20-22 (1-35) *TORAH IN HEART: MEDITATIVELY TALKS WITH US. “My
son, keep the commandment of your father, And forsake not the teaching of
your mother: **21** Bind them continually upon your heart; Tie them about
your neck. **22** When you walk, it shall lead you; When you sleep, it shall
watch over you; And when you awake, it **shall talk with you.**”. * This is
a direct application of the Urim and Thummim of the High Priest, which King
David used *continually*!

 Proverbs 23:29 (22-35) *DRUNKEN BABBLING: AN ANALOGY TO VOCAL MEDITATION.*

 Isaiah 53:8 (52:13-53:12) *HORIZONTAL DECLARATION: AN AREA OF VOCAL
MEDITATION RESTRICTED TO MAN.*

 *NOTE**: PART 2 TO FOLLOW, IS A “TENTATIVE EVALUATION” of the above. PART 3
will be a listing of all New Testament references to “Meditation.”*

 *Vocal meditation on God's word was not a habit with George Muller for the
first 10 years of his life as a believer. He states in his autobiography the
amazing change that started in his life once he committed himself to daily
vocal meditation upon the Word of God. In no B ible Commentary nor in any
sermon had he run across this discipline. He found it of such value that
from the age of 70 to 87, he traveled 200,000 miles in 40 different
countries, and this was one of the seven major emphases that he made in each
address. It is unfortunate that believers have not dipped into their Jewish
Roots, for they they would soon have had this secret that flows out of “The
Living Talmud.” and the practice of davening. - Jim Watt*

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