May my meditation be pleasing to him,
as I rejoice in the Lord.
Psalm 104:34 NIV
My Meditation
Canada In Prayer began in 1998 as a network of individual intercessors and prayer groups. The goal then, as it is today, is to provide Canadians here and overseas with a forum focused on strategic prayer for renewal and revival – first in our churches and then in our nation. It was a call to the body of Christ to be aligned in prayer and fasting for our nation on the first Friday of every month. Individuals, prayer groups and churches were to be informed of provincial and national prayer requests by an email network and a web page.
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I have met many followers of Jesus who have come out of eastern religions and New Age spiritual practices. They have taught me the difference between Eastern meditation, which basically empties the mind, a very dangerous practice, they tell me, since it opens the mind to dangerous and dark spiritual forces, and Christian meditation, which fills the mind with Scripture and the awareness of Jesus in our lives. There is spiritual reality in both, but one leads to death and the other, through Jesus, to life, abundant and eternal. King David teaches us about the proper focus on meditation. In Psalm 104:34, he writes: “May my meditation be pleasing to him, as I rejoice in the Lord.” The meditation Christians need to practice is to get our mind into God’s Word and then meditate on what it is teaching us. As we take time to focus on our Creator, we discover His goodness and grace. We are reminded of just how much He loves us, and we ponder His will for our lives. From that meditation, David says, we rejoice in Him.
These have been words from the heart.
Bob Beasley