PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY - MEDITATE DAY AND NIGHT

May 14th, 2026.


Our understanding of the scriptures is shaped by the Bible stories we heard and the extracted part presented to us when growing up. It is so bad that some of us believe that they have a good knowledge of the word of God. Whenever we pick up the Bible to read/study, especially when opened to a familiar story, the memory of what we’ve heard rivals what is in front of us - our understanding has been compromised. Many do not know that the word of God is ‘living water’; it is new every day.


The word of God is not static, it is dynamic. Every story has a past, a present and a future in it. The word is not in the past because it was written over 2000 years ago. It has as much relevance today, (even as modern as we want to believe today is with technology that was not available then) and it also has a future. All in the same word. Because “the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” (Heb. 4:12 NIV) The word sees through us. Nothing is hidden in its path and that is because it is the truth and truth does not change.


Some people paint the Bible as uninteresting. That is so because they read it without the key that unlocks the mysteries in the Holy Book. For the Bible to be meaningful, it has to be read through the eyes of the one that inspired it - the Holy Spirit. “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive.” (John 7:37-39 NIV)


Here is an example of how stories we were told shape our understanding and keep us stagnant. Many focus on the sin of David. Every story, preaching, about David is tinted with his adultery with Bathsheba. Meanwhile God had moved past David’s sin. Yes, David fell, repented, paid the price of disobedience, was forgiven and restored. God made an everlasting covenant with David (2 Sam.7:12-13). David still remains one of the shining generals of God that ever lived. God said, He will not bring our sins to remembrance (Heb. 8:12; 10:17; Jer. 31:34; Isa. 43:25) and more. So, why is our focus on David’s sin and not his redemption? This tells who we are - who we really are. 


The sin you focused on in that man or woman who has given his/her life to Jesus is forgiven and trashed, burnt and thrown into an everlasting sea of forgetfulness. You too should move on to positive energy.

THE WORD:  “Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?” (Rom. 8:34-35 NIV)




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