Ruminating on Holy Truths
Jessalyn Hutto
“A pious soul meditates on the truth and holiness of the Word. He not only has a few transient thoughts, but leaves his mind steeping in the Scripture. By meditation, he sucks from this sweet flower and ruminates on holy truths in his mind.” -Thomas Watson
I love this quote from Watson, don’t you? The word picture he presents of sucking sweet nectar from a beautiful flower is a perfect expression of the lovely and satisfying nature of the Word of God.
Unfortunately, we don’t always come to the Scriptures with this view. Many times we come to the Word of God and treat it as though it is a mere item to be checked off of our to-do list or a magic potion to make our day run smoothly. In our digital age we flit from one devotional blog post to another and are tempted to assume we’ve fed our souls all the spiritual nutrition they need. But this should not be so. We are privileged to have divine communication from our Holy God bound in a book that we can read whenever we please. This privilege demands more than a cursory reading. It begs for the slow, purposeful discipline of meditation...
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