Have you ever had a song stuck in your head? It just goes around and around.
Or someone starts singing something like the theme song to Gilligan's Island or whistles Andy Griffith. And there it is, every word and every note.
It is amazing how much we can store in our minds. It's the repetition of those things that have driven them deep inside us, ready to come out at the slightest prompting.
Reading Psalms 119.
"How can a young person stay on the path of purity?
By living according to your word.
I seek you with all my heart;
do not let me stray from your commands.
I have hidden your word in my heart
that I might not sin against you.
Praise be to you, Lord;
teach me your decrees.
With my lips I recount
all the laws that come from your mouth.
I rejoice in following your statutes
as one rejoices in great riches.
I meditate on your precepts
and consider your ways.
I delight in your decrees;
I will not neglect your word." Psalm 119:9-16 (NIV)
Here the psalmist is saying "With my lips I recount all the laws that come from your mouth." He is hiding the Word in his heart, speaking it, thinking about it.
This is more than reading the Word.
Try this today, take a scripture, even a few lines of this Psalm. Write it down (don't print it, write it out) and put it into your pocket. As the day goes on, speak it. Think about what it says, how it applies, why it is important.
When evening comes, as you lay down to go to bed, try to recall the verse.
This is how we plant the word of God deep into our hearts.
