Chapter Six Outline

• Defining Meditation
  • It is a solitary work.
  • It is thinking seriously on God.
• Why We Must Provoke Ourselves to Meditate
  • It is against flesh and blood.
  • Satan hinders it.
• Matters for Meditation
  • Meditate upon the corruption of your nature.
  • Meditate upon the death and passion of Christ.
    • It would produce repentance.
    • It would fire our hearts with love to Christ.
  • Meditate upon your evidences for heaven.
    • Was your heart convinced of sin?
    • Has God made you accept Christ on His own terms?
    • Do you have the indwelling Holy Spirit?
  • Meditate upon the uncertainty of all earthly comforts.
    • It would keep us from be deceived by the world.
    • It would moderate our affections to them.
    • It would make us look to the certainty of grace.
  • Meditate on God’s severity against sin.
  • Meditate on eternal life.
    • It is a spiritual life.
    • It is a glorious life.
• Reasons for Meditation
  • It makes the Word preached to profit.
  • It quickens the affections.
  • It has a transforming power in it.
  • It produces reformation.
• How Shall We Meditate?
  • Get a love for spiritual things.

Questions for Reflection

• How did you understand meditation before reading this chapter?
• How has your understanding of meditation changed now that you have read Watson’s thoughts on the subject?
• Which of Watson’s six matters for meditation most stood out to you? Why?
• How do you plan to make meditating upon Scripture a regular practice in your life?