A Christian Meditation with 2 Corinthians 6:19

Meditation is an essential practice God’s people have been doing for thousands of years, just as King David wrote over 3,000 years ago in Psalms 19:14, “May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.” What meditation? Well, what he just meditated on in this psalm.  So “this meditation of my heart,” as David puts it, is like what the apostle Paul calls, “the eyes of your heart” in https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%201%3A18&version=NIV (Eph. 1:18). Meditation is imagination more than information.  In this podcast episode, we’re carving out a quiet time to be alone with God. Using meditation to reintegrate and recalibrate your mind and heart AND your body with the vertical reality of God’s presence with YOU, and God’s promises for YOU. Our body is an important part of who we are. And it is a common place where we store our stress and anxiety and insecurity. In Psalm 38 David talks about how being out of sync with God affected his body. The guided meditation in this episode is a time set aside to experience God in a way that reintegrates your mind, heart, and body connection and replaces stress and anxiety and worry and insecurity with the peace and joy and assurance of God’s love and promises for you in Christ.  Personally, I actually listen to one of these episodes first thing each morning, and then another one at the end of my workday. That might be too much for you. But if you can find a rhythm that works for you, you’ll notice a difference in your mind, heart, and body over time. (But first, if your podcast app is set to skip silent sections, disable that now.) To begin… Lie flat on your back …or sit comfortably in a chair. You might want to close your eyes so you can focus your thoughts and imagination better. Try to be in a place without a lot of lights and loud sounds.  Begin to take in slow, deep, relaxing breaths through your nose. As you exhale, focus your min