Charles Stanley - Distracted from Godly Meditation

God is genuinely interested in the things that interest you. And He’s more than willing to speak to your heart about them. He longs for your times of biblical meditation and for you to listen to His clear and righteous direction for your life.

To meditate is to have our thoughts consumed by something. An anticipated pleasure, a problem, a desire or dream, or even a person—all these and others can be objects of meditation. The question for believers is: Are we consumed with thoughts about the Lord or have we allowed other things to fill our minds and distract us from that which is our highest priority—knowing and loving God?

Meditation on God’s Word focuses our minds on the Lord, strengthens us spiritually, and brings us closer to Him. It’s a private time in which we receive His good, righteous, and wise direction for our lives so we can become the person He wants us to be. However, there will also be times when we feel God’s conviction regarding sin in our lives that we need to confess and forsake.