Psalms 119:148. Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
As he was up before the sun, so he was praying before they set the guards for the night-watch; and when they were changing guards, and he heard the cry of the hour from the watchman, he was still crying to God; and at the same time he was meditating: "that I might meditate in thy Word." Ah, that is the way to cry! Meditation is very much neglected nowadays; we read, perhaps, too much, we meditate, for certain, too little; and meditation is to reading like digestion after eating. The cows in the pasture eat the grass, and then they lie down, and chew the cud, and get all the good they can out of what they have eaten. Reading snips off the grass, but meditation chews the cud. Therefore, "read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest." In this matter we often fail; we shall be wise to imitate David, who devoted the early morning to prayer, and the night watches to meditation.
Psalms 119:148. Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
As he was up before the sun, so he was praying before they set the guards for the night-watch; and when they were changing guards, and he heard the cry of the hour from the watchman, he was still crying to God; and at the same time he was meditating: "that I might meditate in thy Word." Ah, that is the way to cry! Meditation is very much neglected nowadays; we read, perhaps, too much, we meditate, for certain, too little; and meditation is to reading like digestion after eating. The cows in the pasture eat the grass, and then they lie down, and chew the cud, and get all the good they can out of what they have eaten. Reading snips off the grass, but meditation chews the cud. Therefore, "read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest." In this matter we often fail; we shall be wise to imitate David, who devoted the early morning to prayer, and the night watches to meditation.