After the death of Moses, when Joshua is installed as leader of the Israelites, God commands him, "Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it" (Jos. 1:8).
Meditating on Scripture means to keep the mind fixed upon Scripture. But how can we keep our mind fixed on God's Word today when we keep it trapped in our Bibles or on our smartphone apps?
Andrew Davis, senior pastor at First Baptist Church in Durham, North Carolina, wants to help encouraging Christians to meditate on Scripture by teaching how to memorize more of the Bible. In his new ebook, An Approach to Extended Memorization of Scripture, Davis provides daily procedures for memorizing entire chapters and books of the Bible at one time. Davis, a Council member for The Gospel Coalition, has used these techniques to commit 35 books of the Bible to memory over the course of his ministry.
I recently corresponded with Davis about his book, his methods, and why Christians should memorize Scripture. Keep reading
The early Celtic monks memorized whole books of the Bible. They could recite the entire Psalter daily from memory. When traveling from monastery to monastery or on a missionary journey, they would recite passages from the Bible to each other to edify and encourage each other. Their memorization of whole books of the Bible also enabled them to meditate on God's Word at any time of the day or night. The early Celtic monks were responsible for the evangelization of the North of the British Isles and most of the South. They also evangelized large parts of Northern Europe and even as far south as Northern Italy.
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