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The Antidote for Anxiety and Depression: Trust in Abba Father’s Care – Pt 89

Master the Art of Meditation!

I will meditate in thy precepts…O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day…I have more understanding…for thy testimonies are my meditation.

– Psalm 119:15, 97,99

It is very easy to become prayerless when struggling with anxiety and depression. Prayerlessness is a spirt that supresses your desire and ability to pray. This maybe so because it is often difficult to pray being in an anxious and a depressed state, and the less time you spend in prayer the harder it is to pray. However, prayer is essential for your deliverance from anxiety and depression.

The Psalmist David struggled with depression and his psalms are filled with remedies for depression and anxiety, one of which is prayer, specifically, meditation. I believe David mastered the art of meditation and so can you.

Even in the darkest of times you can conquer prayerlessness and experience God’s peace and joy in your soul by purposing in your heart to meditate (ponder, utter, pray, speak) in the precepts (instructions) of the Lord. When you truly love (have affection for) God’s law (commandments) and know that His testimonies reveal His faithfulness towards you, this ought to be your meditation (reflection, devotion, prayer, concern of your thoughts, musing) day and night.

Meditation is your response (of true affection) to God’s commandments and testimonies, and the result of meditation is understanding. In other words, when you love the commandments of God and choose to meditate on them as well as the testimonies of the Lord you receive understanding of God’s love for you and his plans and purpose for your life, who you are in Christ, your authority as a child of God, who is your real enemy, spiritual warfare and your weapons of warfare, how to live a victorious live, and so much more. Such understanding obtained from meditation empowers you to overcome anxiety and depression. It also ignites your desire for perpetual prayer and helps you master the art of meditation. So that like David you can say, “My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD” (Psalm 104:34).

God bless you!

MY PRAYER FOR TODAY

Heavenly Father, I worship and adore You for You are a Faithful God. Thank You for Your Word in which are Your instructions and commandments. Thank You for Your testimonies that reveal your faithfulness not only to me but throughout the ages. I declare that day and night I will meditate in Your instructions and Your commandments and testimonies will always be my meditation because I love Your commandments. Therefore, I have more understanding of Your love for me and I master the art meditation. I pray this by faith in Jesus’ precious name with thanksgiving. Amen!