2024 Ministry Theme: “Look Up”

Luke 21:28 “Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.”

Meditate

Not until recently have I given much time and thought to meditation, pardon the pun. Seriously, I understand what it means, at least I think I do, and I also somewhat understand the value placed upon it in the scriptures and in life. Joshua 1:8 comes to mind and it says “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.”  In essence here, meditation means to mutter over and over, a way of personal edification, a personal pep talk and confirmation that God’s got this and He has you too. Meditation for type A personalities isn’t always an easy thing. Taking the time to retreat, to be still and know that God is God, thinking deeply on the Lord as revealed by His word is a great discipline to be incorporated into our prayer life and throughout the day. A good beginning point would be to mediate these words found in Acts 17; 26 And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their pre-appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, 27 so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; 28 for in Him we live and move and have our being…

Blessings,                                                                                                                             PK