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How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord Almighty! (Psalm 84:1 NIV84)

Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you? (1 Corinthians 3:16 NIV84)

I have heard so often, more often than not, that people find it difficult to meditate. Some even say things like: “I am no good at meditating!”. Or “I tried and tried but I just can’t do that. In my experience, the reason most people have these issues is because they are trying!
Now hear me out! Meditating is not something that has to be worked on. In fact, we can’t actually meditate on our own. It is something God does within us. In fact, God meditates us! If we will let God just be with us. It is a matter of receiving rather than giving. It is a feminine response, if you will.
What we give is simply our time. Sounds too easy, doesn’t it? Here are some suggestions:
1) play a piece of music that is only instrumental. I particularly like the Timeless Motion CD by Daniel Kobiaka. Don’t choose an instrumental of hymns you know. If you do, you will try to remember the words and be distracted.
2) choose a place that you can sit to meditate and not use for any other purpose if possible. If this is not possible, choose a shawl or prayer beads or anything that represents prayers to you. The purpose of this is to train your body to relax in God’s presence. Over time, these symbols will trigger your mind with memories of meditation.
3) start with 5 minutes and increase over time. The use of a CD will provide a natural beginning and ending for your time of meditation.
4) choose a name for God from scripture such as Abba Father, or Lord Jesus Christ, or Spirit of God. As you think the first half of the name, breath in then breath out as you think the second half. Do this at least three times.
5) Just rest now knowing that God dwells in you. It may help to keep your attention on your heart as you simply relax into God’s presence.

Like a child resting in his Mother’s lap or sleeping on her Father’s shoulder, so is the blessing of simply resting into God’s presence.