Peace May Be Only A Few Thoughts Away

“I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.” (Ps 104:33-34 AV)

Life has its up and downs.  No one can go through life every day with a glad heart.  There are trials which take some of the joy away.  There are consequences of our own actions that often turns our smile into a stoic face.  There are times when tears flow.  There are times when a sob is the appropriate reaction to an event of moving of the Spirit.  There is the loss of a loved one, particularly one who did not know the LORD, that brings a dark cloud that is not soon to dissipate.  There are changes in the human body that can bring on depression or anxiety.  All these are real and part of our human experience.

However, the LORD has given us what we need to endure and overcome those times.  The meditation of and on the LORD, is the cure for the dark days of life.  How soon we forget this.  It is easy to forget.  We certainly understand one another as we go through these times.  There is often love and grace that abounds from those who love the LORD.  That is part of the healing process.  The most important part is meditation on the LORD.

We are not speaking of mere prayer alone.  Often, we pray and when we are done, our mind goes off on that which is consuming us.  This meditation in the practice of think on and of the LORD in the stead of that which is torturing us. When those dark days come, and the will, remembering to praise the LORD in the midst and meditating upon Him might just make those days a little bright and definitely a little shorter.  At the quiet times of the day, particularly in the morning and the evening, we need to make it a practice to meditate upon the LORD!  In the lonely times of the day, we need to meditate upon the LORD.  When the Devil shows up to convince us that even with God’s grace we will never amount to anything, it is time to meditate on the LORD.  When it seems as though we are the only ones going through the mill, it is time to meditate upon the LORD!