Meditates=Roars

Meditates=Roars

Psalm 1:2 says, “But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law he meditates day and night.”

I’ve heard this verse as long as I can remember and here’s what I heard, “But he delights and enjoys the law of the Lord and thinks on the verses in the Bible all the time.”

The original language is a little different.  Delight means delight—or pleasure, longing, or purpose.   The law of the Lord is Torah (the first five books of the Bible).  It’s probably all that was written when David wrote this psalm.  So we are to take pleasure in and find purpose in God’s Word.  

But the most interesting part to me is meditate.  It does mean “to think on.”   But it also means “to roar like a lion!!”   I’ve learned a few things about a lion roaring.  It only roars as it matures.  It roars over prey.  It roars when it’s ready to mate (how great would it be to find a mate by hearing him roar over the Word??).   It roars to claim territory.  It roars to instill fear.  And its roar is so loud (114 decibels—as loud as a rock concert), that it shakes a human’s chest!

What if we’re to meditate on the Word of God by speaking it out loud?   And what if it’s the roar which brings fear into Satan’s kingdom as we claim territory for the kingdom of God?   And just what if it’s the very declaration that the enemy has become our prey?

Wow!!!   Meditate means so much more than just “think on!”  Speak the Word of God as you mature.  Rattle those vocal chords.  And strike fear in the heart of your Enemy!!