Monday, January 22 How sweet your sayings are to my palate, more so than honey to my mouth!​—Ps. 119:103.

[Áine]

Monday, January 22

How sweet your sayings are to my palate, more so than honey to my mouth!—Ps. 119:103.

 

Just as we are nourished physically when we eat food and digest it, we are nourished spiritually when we study God’s Word and meditate on it. When it comes to God’s Word, Jehovah wants us to absorb it. We can do so by means of prayer, reading, and meditation. First, we pray to prepare our heart to receive God’s thoughts. Then, we read a Bible passage. Next, we pause in order to meditate, to think deeply, about what we have read. What will be the outcome? The more we meditate, the more our figurative heart will absorb God’s Word. Why is it vital to read the Bible and meditate on it? Doing so gives us the inner strength we need to preach the Kingdom message now and to proclaim the hard-hitting judgment message that we may deliver in the near future. Also, when we meditate on Jehovah’s appealing qualities, our relationship with him will grow ever stronger. w22.11 6-7 ¶16-17