Remembering the Days of Old

7/8 Reading Portions: Joshua 10; Psalms 142-143; Jeremiah 4; Matthew 18

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7/8 Reading Portions: Joshua 10; Psalms 142-143; Jeremiah 4; Matthew 18

Psalm 143:5

I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that You have done; I ponder the work of Your hands.

MEDITATE

The saint’s meditation is not like the eastern mystics or martial artists who contemplate on nothingness two inches below their navels. Ours is a consideration of thought. It is a turning over in one’s mind of the blessed acts of God as we remember the days of old according to Scripture. Mr. Spurgeon wrote,

“If at the first view the deeds of the Lord do not encourage us, let us think them over again, ruminating and considering the histories of divine providence.” —C. H. Spurgeon, The Treasury of David Vol. VII

He uses the word, ‘ruminating,’ which means to reflect over and over again. Moreover, rumination is a word used of animals like the cud-chewing deer, sheep, moose, or bovine. When the cow chews her food and it is deposited into the first stomach, the food first processed, the cud, comes back up and the cow chews again to get more nutrients from the grass, grain, or greenery she has eaten. The process continues throughout her four stomachs. Meditating on all that God has done through Jesus Christ, pondering the blessed works of His hands, and remembering the days of old, should be thoughtfully considered time and again, until our souls can draw every drop of spiritual nourishment we can from ruminating God’s Word. The Lord Jesus Christ did so during His incarnate sojourn upon the earth. His Father’s law was His meditation all the day (Psa 119:97). May we be as our Master, and may we meditate all the day on all that our Messiah has done in fulfilling God’s Word. Hallelujah! What a Savior!

I remember the days of old,
Those days before my birth,
And ponder my Lord’s words and deeds,
His blood and nail-pierc’d work.