March 17
Luke 2:36-52
What do you treasure in your heart? What are the memories, quotes, or events you cherish? Multiple times at the beginning of Luke, we are told Mary “treasured all these things in her heart.” These events are signposts to the significance of Jesus. Mary treasuring something in her heart was first used when the shepherds came to visit at Jesus’ birth. This phrase speaks to the fact that Mary mulled over and meditated upon their visit. What does it mean for a group of shepherds to have been visited by angels and then come to visit her son? Then its second use is in Luke 2 when Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem and was found in his “Father’s house.” It is one thing to hear or read something, but it is something far more significant to reflect and dwell upon something. This is what Mary did, and what is needed in our lives. A deep meditation and treasuring of what God has said and what he has done.
As we read each morning, we should not just fly through the verses, but instead “treasure” what we read. We should be asking the questions: What does this passage teach me about God? What does this passage teach me about myself ? God, what do you want to teach me today? How can I apply this to my life? This takes far more time than our eyes just flying across the words on a page. This slowroasted meditation is what God uses to transform us, just like it transformed Mary.
Father God, help me to slow down and think deeply about your Scriptures and allow you to speak to the depths of my heart. Amen.
How can you better mull over and treasure what you read?
What do you treasure in your heart? What are the memories, quotes, or events you cherish? Multiple times at the beginning of Luke, we are told Mary “treasured all these things in her heart.” These events are signposts to the significance of Jesus. Mary treasuring something in her heart was first used when the shepherds came to visit at Jesus’ birth. This phrase speaks to the fact that Mary mulled over and meditated upon their visit. What does it mean for a group of shepherds to have been visited by angels and then come to visit her son? Then its second use is in Luke 2 when Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem and was found in his “Father’s house.” It is one thing to hear or read something, but it is something far more significant to reflect and dwell upon something. This is what Mary did, and what is needed in our lives. A deep meditation and treasuring of what God has said and what he has done.
As we read each morning, we should not just fly through the verses, but instead “treasure” what we read. We should be asking the questions: What does this passage teach me about God? What does this passage teach me about myself ? God, what do you want to teach me today? How can I apply this to my life? This takes far more time than our eyes just flying across the words on a page. This slowroasted meditation is what God uses to transform us, just like it transformed Mary.
Father God, help me to slow down and think deeply about your Scriptures and allow you to speak to the depths of my heart. Amen.
How can you better mull over and treasure what you read?
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