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Search and Meditate

We must search the scriptures:
39 You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. John 5:39
(NKJV)

God's thoughts are never revealed to listless readers, but only to eager searchers. The glories of the Scriptures are not to be discovered without diligent search. The Bible is like a mine, and its jewels are not to be picked up on the roadside.

It affords opportunity for thought, and requires its exercise. Its words, phrases and sentences are full of meaning and power. Like our Lord's parables, the Bible at once conceals and reveals its message. Strenuous thought is imperative if we would obtain from the Word the blessing it contains.

We must ponder its statements, dwell on its meaning, grasp its message, and dwell lovingly and earnestly on its revelation of God in Christ. Nothing in it is without some purpose, and what this is, the Lord will reveal in response to His servants' faithful search.

We must meditate on the scriptures.
8 Never stop reciting these teachings. You must think about them night and day so that you will faithfully do everything written in them. Only then will you prosper and succeed. Joshus 1
(God's Word)
1 Blessed is the person who does not
follow the advice of wicked people,
take the path of sinners,
or join the company of mockers.
2 Rather, he delights in the teachings of the Lord
and reflects on his teachings day and night. Psalms 1 (God's Word)

"Meditation" comes from a Greek word meaning "to attend," and this is essentially the idea of Bible meditation. It is reading with attention. More than this, it is reading with intention. It is concerned at each point with personal application.

And it must be our own thought, our own musing, our own application. Look well at this text, made as clear as the printer's art can emphasise its teaching: "MY meditation of HIM" (Psalm 104:34). "My" meditation, not merely some one else's.

The great, the primary, the essential point is first-hand meditation on God's Word as the secret of Christian living.