But just because I want to be led by the Holy Spirit, doesn’t mean it will automatically happen.

The way I get it to happen is by meditating in the word of God.  God’s word has the power within it to bring itself to pass. I start out by repeating over and over again, “I am led by the Holy Spirit. He leads me and guides me into all the truth,” (John 16:13). I also make it personal by saying things like, “He helps me make wise decisions so that I always say and do the right thing at the right time in the right way.

If I am having a particular problem, I say something like, “Because I am led by the Holy Spirit I know how to motivate my son to do his homework” (or respond to my friend when she asks to borrow money again).

Seeking to be led by the Spirit of God is one of the best things we can do to live a successful life. As you meditate on Romans 8:14,  you’ll find that certain things just seem like the right thing to do.  You will know what to do in situations that used to perplex you.  You will say things that bring peace and harmony to situations.  You will know what opportunities to pursue and which ones to let go.

Update:  How to Be Led by the Spirit of God: Free Worksheet

In the Strong’s concordance, some of the meanings for Hebrew word for meditate are: to murmur, to ponder, to imagine, to mutter, to study, to talk and to utter. Here is an example in my own life of what happened when I meditated on the word as opposed to what happened when I didn’t.

My daughter had been sick for over a week with a fever and bad spells of coughing.  I was being lazy and did not really pray for her, thinking that any day now she would be better.  When she was finally getting over it, my 5 year old son started getting sick.  He had a very high fever and my first thought was, “Oh no, another week of sickness.”  Then I felt convicted because I knew I should be believing God for his healing instead of just accepting this sickness.

After the kids were in bed that night, I started my “fight of faith.” I had already been meditating on Mark 11:23 that says I can have what I say, so I applied that verse to this situation.  I read the scripture out loud many times, sometimes focusing on key phrases, and then I started saying: “I declare that when *Brian wakes up in the morning, he will be totally healed with no evidence of sickness about him and because I do not doubt in my heart but I believe that those things that I say come to pass, I have whatever I say.”

I envisioned him getting up in the morning, totally healed, asking for something to eat like he normally did in the morning.  It got to the place where I was so expectant that this would happen that I would have been surprised if he would not have been healed in the morning.

During the night, my son had a high fever.  I ignored my fears and kept thanking God that when Brian woke up in the morning he’d be totally healed. When my son woke up in the morning, he showed no evidence of being sick.  He got up with a big smile on his face and asked for something to eat like he normally did and then he played all day.   That evening he had a temperature but by the next day he was totally healed.

Note: I am not saying that I do not believe in taking my children to a doctor, please use wisdom and take your child to get medical treatment if the situation calls for it.

Another example of how meditation in the Word brought results:

My husband had a new job and he wanted to work some extra hours.  He asked his supervisors about it and they said that because he was new and because of where he worked in the company, he would not be working overtime any time soon.  I meditated on Psalms 21:2 (Thou hast given him his heart’s desire and hast not withholden the request of his lips) and on some other scriptures.  In a few days he came home and said that he was now allowed to work 2 extra hours a day plus he could work an extra day every week by going in on Saturday.

Another incident: Several years ago we had a leaky pipe under our living room floor.  I started meditating on 2 Corinthians  2:14.  Over and over again, I said, “God always causes us to triumph and he will cause us to triumph in this situation as well.”  Two days later the pipe was fixed and the cost was minimal.

The results from meditating in the Word aren’t always this dramatic and quick-but Biblical meditation  always works.  If you have a situation you want turned around, find the scriptures that apply and meditate on them at least twice a day until you get your answer.

How to Meditate: Change Your Life By Muttering to Yourself

*Not his real name

For example, you might say, “The power of God is working in me to…. give me wisdom concerning every situation in my life, strengthen me, cause me to be an overcomer, help me be a blessing to other people etc.”

As a child of God, you have tremendous power available to you, but it must be activated. Start saying it and believing it and allow this power to work in you.

According to  Joshua 1:8, meditation will help you to obey the Word of  God, and cause you to prosper and have good success. Some of the meanings for the Hebrew word for meditate in this passage of scripture are to mutter, murmur, imagine, talk, or utter.  You can meditate the Word by muttering it, speaking it or imagining it.

To get started, choose a portion of scripture that you want to become more familiar with and start saying it to yourself over and over again.  Do this for 10-15 minutes at first, and eventually increase the time.

As you meditate,  you may start getting images in your mind of how your life will change when this verse starts happening in your life. It’s okay, go ahead and imagine what it will be like, how you will feel, how this will impact your family and so forth.

Stay sensitive to the promptings of the Holy Spirit and keep a journal with you, because as you meditate and go about your day, God may speak to you about things you will need to do before the scriptures can fully manifest in your life.

For example, I was meditating on Proverbs 2:6 that I would have wisdom, knowledge and understanding on how to start an internet business.  A few weeks later, I received an e-mail offering a internet marketing course at a ridiculously low price.  I bought the course and learned many of the basics of online marketing.

If you establish the habit of meditating in the Word of God, you will start to tap into the powerful resources that are available to every born again child of God.  Get started today and expect good success in every area of your life.

First you will observe and do whatever you meditate on. What you meditate on gets inside of you and becomes real to you. It changes your thoughts to believe that you can have what Bible says is yours. This in turn will cause your actions to change.

Secondly, you will make your way prosperous. From looking up the word “way” in the Strong’s
concordance, I get the impression that it’s talking about habits- the way you talk and act. You establish habits that ensure your success.

Thirdly, you will have good success. To me, good success is victory in every area of life- spiritually, financially, physically, mentally etc. A person might have limited success apart from God but it won’t be total success. In other words, they might have a lot of money but no peace or they might have a good marriage but no money. God wants you to be successful in every area of life.

Meditating will cause you to have more peace in your life.  When you meditate on scriptures that promise you the answer to your need, in your mind, it is already taken care of.

If you have not established the habit of meditating yet, start with Joshua 1: 8. Contemplate on it and say it over and over to yourself until you become fully persuaded that meditating in the Word is the most sensible thing you can do.