Have you for once wondered how some people can stand up boldly in a church service and recite long verses of Scripture from memory – not just a verse or two, but a whole chapter? Perhaps you say to yourself, “That’s lovely, how on earth do they do that!”. However, one of the most essential aids to meditation is Scripture Memorization.
The plain fact is, we can perfectly memorize all the time. We comfortably memorize people’s names, directions to places, television commercials, credit card numbers, and mobile phone numbers. How? We remember vital information that is very important to us or that we repeatedly use. Scripture Memorization is no way different. It requires motivation and regular, methodical review.
If you have not memorized any Scripture before, it’s advisable you start with small portions, possibly one or two verses a week. Nevertheless, reviewing Scripture before going to bed at night is one of the best ways to strengthen it in your memory. Once you have mastered a verse or just a paragraph, move on to the next, but always review the verses you have memorized most recently.
Below are the benefits of scripture memorization and meditation…
Scripture Memorization Stimulates Meditation
One of the most outstanding benefits or importance of memorizing Scripture is that it provides the power for meditation. When you have memorized a verse of the Scripture, you can meditate on it anywhere at any time you like, be it during the day or night. Then you can imitate David who exclaimed, “Oh how I love your law, it is my meditation all the day” – Psalm 119:97.
Scripture Memorization Keeps Us Close To GOD
The way God mostly communicates with us today is directly through His written Words. There are numerous ideas that people might have about God and their personal relationship with Him, but such thoughts actually beg the question: Are they biblical? Are they true? If we really want to know God and interact with him, we can start with the means He chose to best express His very nature, character, personality and works. This can be done through the bible and memorizing scriptures.
Scripture Memorizing Renews Our Mind And Transforms Our Life
Are you one of those people who love writing everything down so that you do not easily forget? Listen, God actually knows that we cannot remember or keep his commands without being reminded of them regularly. However, this is one reason he told us to renew our minds in the Scriptures everyday. He already wrote down for us what we really need to know! Keeping the truth of Scripture fresh in our minds helps us not only in the transformational process that God desires, but also in combating any form of temptation that comes our way.
Scripture Memorization Makes Us Wise
The Holy Bible is a book of enormous wisdom that can have an impact on every nooks and crannies of our life. By carefully memorizing the scripture, we are able to have that wisdom with us all the time. The book of Luke 2:52 says that even Jesus grew in wisdom during his worldly life. Why are we shying away? Why should we not do the same to imitate him?
Scripture Memorization Helps Against Temptation
In Jesus’ period of temptation in the wilderness, he combated Satan’s deceptive words with words of truth found in Scripture, amazing! Even though Jesus is himself the truth and the Word of God, He used the written Word of God to counter Satan’s temptation.
How exactly can you battle lies if you do not have God’s Word in your heart and on your mind at all times? Do you ever feel like you are going to fight without any weapons? Combating against temptation is just another candid reason for the study of Scripture and Scripture memorization.
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