Tune My Heart, Episode 37
- Stacy Bishop
- Apr 3
- 3 min read
Happy Sunday, friend. As you prepare for worship this morning, let’s take a moment of quiet to invite God’s presence into your awareness today.
As we continue our study of Psalm 119 and it’s focus on the importance and value of the Word of the Lord, let’s read the next section, Waw, verses 41-48.
ו Waw
41 May your unfailing love come to me, Lord,
your salvation, according to your promise;
42 then I can answer anyone who taunts me,
for I trust in your word.
43 Never take your word of truth from my mouth,
for I have put my hope in your laws.
44 I will always obey your law,
for ever and ever.
45 I will walk about in freedom,
for I have sought out your precepts.
46 I will speak of your statutes before kings
and will not be put to shame,
47 for I delight in your commands
because I love them.
48 I reach out for your commands, which I love,
that I may meditate on your decrees.
In the Enduring Word commentary, we see this quote about this section of Psalm 119, from Bridges. He says,
“Why then is the Bible read only — not meditated on? Because it is not loved. We do not go to it, as the hungry man to his food, as the miser to his treasure. The loss is incalculable.”
This word meditate comes from the original word siach (see-akh), that means to muse, meditate or speak. And I think Bridges’ quote is accurate here. We don’t come hungry. We often read the Bible to check it off our to-do list, but not to meditate and truly study.
What would it look like to pick one scripture to meditate on, over and over, over the course of a day or a week. To truly contemplate it. To mull it over and let it impact us on a deeper level. If “the loss is incalculable” the gain could also be more than we could fathom. I want to suggest something new to try, if you don’t already do this. Whatever you’re reading in the Word this week or today—as you read, listen for what verse sticks out to you or stirs your heart—write that down somewhere and keep it in front of you over the course of a whole week. Re-read it multiple times a day. Memorize it. Let your mind come back to it over and over again. Pray it. Pray for God to illuminate it to you in a new way.
What kind of depth would come from meditating this way?
As worship leaders, I think this is especially important, as we strive to make sure our songs are theologically sound. It also helps us to get more and more of the scripture into our hearts and minds, it helps us to be able to communicate those truths back to our people as we lead.
Loving the Word and being in the Word with some intentionality will definitely make a difference as we lead and as we worship!
Let’s pray.
God,
We don’t intentionally neglect Your Word or come into our time with it intentionally just as an obligation. Would You convict us of that, if it is true of us? Would You draw us to Your Word in a new and fresh way, meditating on it for all the goodness that it contains. Help us to always be hungry for more and more of You in our lives. Help us as we worship You today, to truly see You and magnify You and Your goodness. We love You. It’s in Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
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