The Alpha of Meditation

UV 3089/10000 The Alpha of Meditation
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
Psalm 19 v 14

The words we speak from are the seed the Lord uses for the next miracle in our lives. But the words need to emanate or originate from a heart of meditation. This is one of the unique verses that speaks about the ability of the human heart to meditate for meditation is normally an activity that we associate with the human mind. When I was in primary school, the class teacher used to tell us to “learn by heart”, meaning that we need to memorise certain things. When we run the word of God again and again in our hearts, we are “ meditating by heart.” Meditating by heart implies that we squeeze every ounce of meaning from each verse of scripture as we run it over and over again in our hearts. Such meditation is pleasing to the Lord and is life transforming. It infuses or transfuses the strength of the Lord, His power, His grace, His love into our hearts. Our hearts are redeemed from its intrinsic wickedness or propensity to sin, unfaithfulness and disobedience of the Lord. Our mouths or our expressions are perfected. We are able to align our hearts, minds and mouths with the truths mined from His word.


Just as the Jordan river originates in the spring of the Qumran caves and then divides into streams or tributaries, the heart, the seat of our treasures gives rise to a river of power flowing from the Word hidden in it. It then divides into tributaries that flow through our mind- intellect, emotions and will to influence all of our lives. Such meditation happens all day long and all night long for the Psalmist says , “How I love thy law- It is my meditation day and night.” If we truly love the word, we will meditate on it day and night and consequently, it will impact all of our being and make our lives impactful for the Kingdom of God.
St Paul interestingly uses the metaphor of the bowels or intestines of his heart. We are to draw our nourishment, strength and salvation from the Word of the Lord daily and not occasionally. Like a cow ruminates or sends its cud as many as eighteen times through its innards before assimilating the essential aspects, we need to run it over and over in our hearts, each time gaining a new perspective, a new insight into the character of our Redeemer.