Meditation is a practice common to Eastern religions; through meditation they connect to the metaphysical; yoga is an example of this. The word meditation is derived from the Greek/Hebrew? Word hagar, which means to mutter softly to yourself like a mad man.
Meditation is scriptural for believers. After Moses handed to Joshua, he was charged with the burdensome responsibility of leading a nation and he went before God to receive wisdom. God told him to spend time meditating on His Word, in order to obey it. That was how he would make his way prosperous and be successful in ministry. We all desire to be successful and prosperous; the shelves are replete with many motivational books on means and methods to be successful, be a star performer, be successful in career and business etc. but God says to be successful, you need to meditate in and be a doer of His Word (Josh 1:.

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