Are you frustrated because you have heard that you were healed by the stripes of Jesus, but you just don't seem to be able to believe it? All of us have been there at some point. I know I have! There is a missing link to get from having heard that healing is yours to actually being able to believe it and receive healing for yourself.

That missing link is meditation on the Word. I am not talking about some weird eastern religion here. You don't have to get in the lotus position and repeat a meaningless word while staring at a candle, contemplating random acts of kindness and visualizing world peace. Scriptural meditation is the muttering and contemplating of what God says. Cult-style meditation is designed to empty your mind. Scriptural meditation is designed to fill and renew your mind.


This is not simply a nice suggestion. It is a requirement for anyone desiring godly success in life.

Joshua 1:7-8

You succeed in life when you do God's will. To do God's will, you must fill your mind with what that will is, so that when the pressure is on, you know what to do and do it. Then you make your own way prosperous.

Notice that Joshua was not to let the book of the law depart from his mouth. Of course, this means that he was supposed to speak the words contained in the book, not that he was supposed to run around like a dog with the actual book of the law in his mouth. Joshua was supposed to continually speak the Word of God.

This is what you should do, too. Continually reflect on God's Word. If you need healing, you should major on Scriptures about healing. However, God told Joshua to do all the law, not just its healing part, if he wanted to succeed. You are wasting your time quoting healing verses if you refuse to walk in love, and you generally won't find verses on love in lists of healing scriptures.


It is up to you, not God, whether or not you meditate on his word and prosper. If you refuse to pay close attention to his words, don't blame God when you don't seem able to get anywhere in your faith walk.

Finally, make sure that you are a doer of the Word and not a hearer only. God did not promise Joshua success if he only meditated the Word. He had to do it. So do you. But doing it becomes easier once you fill your heart with it.