By Kok Tho Yip
The characteristics of authentic Christian meditation, drawn from Scripture, are as follows:
It recognizes our feeble spiritual condition. The psalmist asks to be cleansed from secret faults and be kept from presumptuous sins. See Ps. 19:12, 13. Nowhere does Scripture talk about getting in touch with an internal divine spark or with one’s immortal soul—there is no intimation of any divinity to be found within. The hope put forth is in God’s power to cleanse and redeem and the victory He provides through His work in us. See Ps. 19:13, 14.
It can take place anytime, anywhere. While some texts talk of meditating in the evening or at night (see Gen. 24:63; Pss. 63:6; 119:48), other passages refer to praying in the morning. See Pss. 5:3; 59:16; 88:13. Indeed, the psalms admonish us “to declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, And Your faithfulness every night” and to meditate on His law “day and night.” See Pss. 92:2; 1:2. Finding
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