Practicing the Spiritual Disciplines
This year in our Young Adult Collective, one of our major focuses is spiritual disciplines—intentional practices that help us grow in our walk with Christ. While these conversations are happening with our young adults, the invitation is really for all of us. Spiritual growth never happens by accident.
When we hear the word meditation, many of us picture emptying the mind or detaching from the world. But Christian meditation is something entirely different. It is not emptying the mind—it is filling it with truth.
Psalm 1 describes the blessed person as one whose “delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.” Biblical meditation is slow, intentional reflection on God’s Word. It is reading a passage, lingering over a phrase, turning it over in your mind, and asking, What does this reveal about God? About me? About how I should live?
In a distracted world, meditation trains our hearts to pay attention. It moves Scripture from the page into the soul. It reshapes our thoughts and roots us more deeply in Christ.
This week, take five unhurried minutes with a short passage. Read it slowly. Pray it back to God. Let it sink in. What we consistently dwell on will shape who we become.