Christians are called to mediate on Scripture (see Psalm 1), but we don't mediate on Scripture the way Winnie the Pooh tries to conjure up ideas for how to find honey: "Think, think, think." Rather, we mediate on Scripture with the Holy Spirit. We don't say, "Think, think, think." We say, "Teach me, teach me, teach me."
As Donald S. Whitney notes, "Meditation must always involve two people -- the Christian and the Holy Spirit. Praying over a text is the invitation for the Holy Spirit to hold His divine light over the words of Scripture to show you what you cannot see without Him" (Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, 55).
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