Foundation Three: Meditation

The word of God is incubated for effectiveness through meditation. Meditation involves pondering on what you have discovered from scriptures, Joshua 1:8. Believing is the end product of consistent meditation, and the more you meditate on God's words, the more you are turned into His likeness and aligned with His desires and purposes for your life, Psalm 119:57, 1:1.
Meditation is what makes the word active in your life. It puts ability for expression and performance in you and soon you become what you constantly meditate upon "For as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he" Proverbs 23:7. You spiritual growth is only guaranteed by constant meditation on the word of God. No spiritual exercise can give you adequate nutrient to grow to spiritual maturity, 1Peter 2:2. If you refuse to study and meditate on the word of God, you will not grow and as such will remain stunted and within the reach of the enemy. Your belief system determines what takes place in your life. God works with your belief system and the system is built by the meditation of your heart. If the devil takes control of your thought, then he can destroy your life.
 Just like the cow eats grass and then regurgitates and chew on what it had already swallowed until the body automatically assimilates it, so also you must read the promises of God, memorize them, and then continue to ponder on what you have memorized until it is absorbed into your system. This is the secret to manifestation; for without meditation, there is no manifestation.
Meditation invites understanding. You cannot understand until you ponder on what God has said in His word concerning Himself, concerning you, and the instruction He has given to His children. To gain understanding, you must first separate yourself from every distraction and ponder on God's word.
 In Psalm 119:97-101, you see for outstanding benefits of meditation on God's word.
  "O how i love thy law! it is my meditation all the day. Thou though thy commandment hast made me wiser than mine enemies:   for they are with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the ancients, because i keep thy precepts. I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that i might thy word".

  - It makes you wiser than your enemies.
  - You have more understanding than your teachers.
  - You understand more than the ancients (old men and women).
  - You have liberty from sin.
As you constantly meditate on the promises in God's word, soon it forms a stronghold in your mind and automatically your life begins to form the picture of the meditation of your heart.