Christian meditation
W. G. T. Shedd on “Religious Meditation”:
All merely speculative thinking is inquisitive, acute, and wholly destitute of affection for the object. But all practical thinking is affectionate, sympathetic, and in harmony with the object. When I meditate upon God because I love him, my reflection is practical. When I think upon God when I desire to explore him, my thinking is speculative. None, therefore, but the devout and affectionate mind truly meditates upon God; and all thought upon that Being which is put forth merely to gratify the curiosity and pride of the human understanding forms no part of the Christian habit and practice which we are recommending.
Sermons to the Spiritual Man (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 1972), 6
Let our thinking upon God be an ardent and affectionate desire to know him whom we love, and not a mere intellectual exercise of philosophical exploration.
Jeremy after speaking to a lady today who is into “journey type meditation” this was just the quote I needed to explain the nature and aim of true meditation. I hope I get another opportunity to show her the wonder of true godly biblical meditation.
G S Marley
Friday 4 December 2009 at 23:31