27 Feb Three Things Happen When We Memorize and Meditate on Scripture
Over the last four weeks, we looked at 4 Steps to Master the Bible So Well That the Bible Masters You.
This week, we look at:
Three Things Happen When We Memorize and Meditate on Scripture
When we memorize and meditate on Scripture, taking it through our minds over and over again, three things happen.
First, we gain a conscious command of truth.
The more we repeat something, the more we own it, on a conscious level. The more we own it, the more we are able to bring it up in our minds and use it in day-to-day activities. Repetition is the key to mental ownership.
Second, the more we think about something, the more it seeps into our subconscious and lodges there as deep beliefs.
And, because what we believe controls our actions, as our subconscious beliefs are renewed, our lives are transformed.
Over 90% of all mental activity is subconscious. Even the conscious thoughts we think are often prompted by subconscious activity. So, we feed our subconscious and then our subconscious feeds us.
Third, it engages the Reticular Activating System (RAS).
The RAS is the part of the brain that guards the gate of our metal focus. It lets us focus on things we believe are important and blocks out things that are not important, which is essential or we would not be able to concentrate on anything because of all the stimulation our brain receives.
When our RAS identifies something as important, it lets into our brains other input related to that subject that it would otherwise block out.
As an example, after I once bought a black car (not because it was black, but simply because it was a good value), I started seeing black cars everywhere. Up until that time, I had not given black cars a second thought. Afterward, it seemed like half the cars on the road were black.
In the same way, as we memorize and meditate on Scripture… on being more loving to others, more patient when wronged, more generous with our resources… the RAS opens our minds to those things, lets in information from the world around us that it would otherwise have blocked, and our awareness of truth skyrockets. We experience a surge of spiritual growth not available to us otherwise.
Like all worthy things, you must devote some time to memorizing and meditating on Scripture, but is so worth the price!
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