Praying the Scripture
- heartsinger1
- Sep 4, 2020
- 1 min read
"Become the bee who penetrates into the depths of the flower. Plunge deeply within to remove its deepest nectar." Guyon
Jeanne Guyon lays out before her reader a method of prayer called Praying the Scripture.
Choose a simple practical passage
Come quietly before the Lord
Carefully read a small portion
Taste it; digest it as you read
Sense the heart of the portion
Turn it into prayer
"After you have sensed something of the passage and after you know that the essence of the portion has been extracted and all the deeper sense of it is gone, then, very slowly, gently, and in a calm manner begin to read the next portion."
This method is not for scholarly study but to mine the depths of the word. It is not quickly skimming, as a bee over the tops of the flower, but rather like the bee who lands and extracts the deep nectar.
the Word of God
many layered
faceted
complex
but palatable
is not fast food
if quickly devoured
it will fill
the soul and mind
but Jesus
always has
the Heart
in view as
His Prize
like Mary I sit
at His feet
unhurried
I wait
for just one
Word of Life
fragrant
Revelation
penetrates
the depths of
my Spirit
Comments