You can think about a doctrine forever and not get any benefit from it if you aren’t already saved. But think about the person of Christ, and that will give you faith. Take Him with you wherever you go, and try to meditate on Him in your free moments; then He will reveal Himself to you and give you peace.

We

would all know more, live closer to God, and grow in grace if we spent more time alone in meditation. Meditation is like chewing over what we’ve learned and extracting the true nourishment from it.

Read the Bible carefully, and then meditate, meditate, meditate.

A bell in a church steeple might be well made, perfectly crafted, and made of the finest metal, but it remains silent until someone rings it. Similarly, a preacher has no power to awaken the spiritually dead or comfort living believers until the Holy

Spirit touches him and gives him the words to speak with power. Lord, move each one of us to ring out Your praise.