U = Understanding

1/25/10 Monday, as you know, is for meditation but did you know that meditation is the “Sunday of the Mind.” (my NAS Bible marginalia) Growing up in the 50s in Hoptown, blue law was in effect on Sundays, though I didn’t know it had a name. It’s just the way it was. And....we all accepted it. We all knew that Sundays meant that no stores were open. No protests evolved. We knew Sundays were set aside for spiritual stuff and rest.(afternoon naps at their best) It also meant roast beef for lunch because it could be slowly cooking while we were at church.

This “Monday’s Message” needs a “Sunday Mind.” So put aside other distractions and “put on your spiritual best” and approach God’s word with a rested mind ready to worship and feast on each morsel of truth.

Just yesterday I wrote about my “Sunday Mind”---a mind of stillness and acceptance. A “Sunday Mind” can lead to understanding. A few weeks ago we meditated on Psalm 46:10---a verse that urges us to be and to know---not to do or to act. Today I want us to be still and ask the One who Understands to give understanding to us. God Calling’s 1/7 entry suggests, “Try and grasp this.” “Dwell in thought on this---more and more saints have taken a lifetime to understand it.”
To me, that means put your “Sunday Mind” to it.

It’s just meditation. Meditation brings understanding---understanding of the One who came in human form (Philippians 2: 7), the One who understands our imperfections.

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. (Matthew 5:48)

Let me know what the Understanding One teaches you about this verse.