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CAPA Corner: Meditation

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    If I allow myself, I can get so uptight, stressed and unsettled, especially when I am driving!  This statement will make sense later. Here is how King David approached his stress:
Ps 119:97
Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.  NKJV
    The writer of Psalms reveals that he not only loves God’s law but that he meditates on it all day!  I easily grasp loving God’s Word but meditating on it all day! 
    Here’s my dilemma with this concept of meditating on the Word of God all day. I like to hear sound!  Noise is around all the time!  I like rooms that are full of music.  My house is full of sound!  We even leave the music station on for the dog when we are gone during the day because I heard it helps him stay calm.  I like to talk and hold conversations with people rather than just sit quietly in a corner.  It is easy to let noise preoccupy my mind just to help me pass time!  For me, if I am not careful, it can be really hard to get quiet and get hooked on noise being around all the time.  
    A while ago, my car was in the shop for an extended period of time. I found myself driving the roads in my truck that does not have a radio, cd player, mp3 player etc.  The first few days were strange! Suddenly, my ears were not being filled with any extra noise except the rattling of an old truck.  There was an almost disturbing silence. I began to notice, that as I was driving, I had more time to ponder, meditate and pray. Scriptures, praise songs, sermons and thoughts began to captivate my mind.  I have to confess; it was surprisingly refreshing and left me in a much better mood when I got to my destination! 
    Back to King David, “Your law is my meditation all day.” God wants our heart to not only be full of His Word but we are encouraged to keep Him and His precepts on our mind continually!  Isaiah tells us that as we keep our mind set on the Lord and trust Him we will have peace.  How necessary is having peace in today’s world!  Paul told the Philippians that whatever things are true, noble, just, pure, lovely and of good report, meditate on these things. (Phil. 4:8) How wonderful it is to go around with those kinds of thoughts and having trust in God rather than having our minds full of fear, worry, doubt and suspicion?
    I encourage you to find some time to stop the noise.  Meditate on scripture, commune with the Father, and take time to just be quiet.  What you may find is that many of the scriptures you take time to meditate on will be the very ones that will bring peace, strength and comfort when you need them the most!  Take some time, be quiet, look to God and His Word, be refreshed and be at peace, even when you are driving down the road! Who knows, you might even show up places in a better mood!
Ron Erickson
Pastor, Future Hope Ministries
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