One of the main things that blocks the path to spiritual transformation is double-mindedness.
This is something that we focused heavily upon in our class this week.
Remember the video we watched? Remember watching the two men in the canoe facing in opposite directions, rowing in opposite directions. Their "double-mindedness" sent the boat in circles. The canoe could not sail a straight course in any particular direction because the forces of double-mindedness had it in a tail-spin.
What can we do to cure ourselves of this condition? Ephesians 5:25-26 shed light for us: "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word..."
We need to wash ourselves in the Word of God.
The Word of God is like soap. I don't know about you, but when I go more than a day or so without soap, my world gets a tad odoriferous.
We wash ourselves in the Word by deliberately, intentionally studying God's word on a regular basis. We need to do this to be reminded of the thoughts of God. You see, all the clutter and stuff in this world can distract us and "dirty us up" with regard to our spiritual state. In order to clean up, we need to bathe in the Word on a regular basis.
Here are some key tips from the Ortberg book we can cling to as we consider the importance of meditating on Scripture as a spiritual discipline:
- Biblical meditation cannot be done quickly.
- Biblical meditation is so important it is mentioned more than 50 times in the OT!
- Meditation implies sustained attention and is built around a simple principle: "What the mind repeats, it retains."
- The purpose of meditation is not to gain information, but to open ourselves to become the transformed into people from whom goodness flows on a consistent basis.
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