Biblical Meditations by Josiah

A guided Christian meditation on Colossians 3:11. "There is not Greek and Jew, slave and free — but Christ is all, and in all." Every dividing line gives way to one. We meditate in silence on Colossians 3:11. A scripture meditation on who belongs. Day and Night is a daily scripture meditation channel rooted in Christian contemplative tradition. Each episode includes a brief breathing exe...

Put on the new self; one being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. The renewal is ongoing. It has already begun. We sit in slow silence with Colossians 3:10 and stay there a while. A guided Christian meditation on what it means to be renewed.

The old self has been put off. Not suppressed, not managed; removed. We meditate on Colossians 3:9, letting that fact become more real than the old patterns still reaching for us. A guided Christian meditation on the life made new.

"But now." Two words that mark the line. We meditate on Colossians 3:8, sitting quietly with the call to lay down what no longer belongs to us. A guided Christian meditation on putting the old life away.

In these you too once walked. There is a "once" in the life of every believer; a way of living that belongs to the past. We sit in silence with Colossians 3:7. A guided Christian meditation on the grace of the past tense.

On account of these, the wrath of God is coming. We sit in silence with Colossians 3:6 and let that be what it is. A guided Christian meditation on the holiness of God.

Put to death what is earthly in you. Paul doesn't soften it. We sit in silence with Colossians 3:5, bringing the honest weight of that command into a quiet place. A guided Christian meditation on repentance.

Christ who is your life. Not the source of it; he is it. We sit in silence with Colossians 3:4 and let that declaration land where it needs to. A guided Christian meditation on what is coming and who is coming with it.

You have died. Your life is hidden with Christ in God. We sit in slow silence with Colossians 3:3 and let that settle. A guided Christian meditation on the hidden life.

Set your mind on things above. Not on things that are on earth. Two sentences. The whole of it. A guided Christian meditation for the mind that keeps drifting down.

"Seek the things that are above, where Christ is." Paul begins Colossians 3 with a verb: seek. We sit in slow silence with Colossians 3:1 and let it do its work. A guided Christian meditation on what it means to set your heart on what is eternal.

The chapter ends with a commission — not a conclusion. The Spirit bears witness, and so do we. John 15 opens with a vine and closes with witnesses, and the link between them is this: we can only testify to what we have abided in. This is Day 27 of 27 in our meditation through John 15. Each episode builds on the one before — I'd recommend going in order, but let the Spirit lead you back wheneve...

After the hatred, the Helper. Jesus does not leave us to face the world's hostility alone — he sends the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, to bear witness alongside us. This is the gift that follows the warning. This is Day 26 of 27 in our meditation through John 15. Each episode builds on the one before — I'd recommend going in order, but let the Spirit lead you back whenever...

The Psalm is fulfilled here — not as revenge but as recognition. Scripture named this hatred long before it arrived, which means it did not catch God off guard. Even the hostility of the world is held within his knowing. This is Day 25 of 27 in our meditation through John 15. Each episode builds on the one before — I'd recommend going in order, but let the Spirit lead you back whenever you fee...

The works were undeniable — and still they chose hatred. This is the deepest mystery of human resistance: that even beholding can leave the heart unchanged. Let this verse make you grateful for the softening of your own. This is Day 24 of 27 in our meditation through John 15. Each episode builds on the one before — I'd recommend going in order, but let the Spirit lead you back whenever you fee...

The Son and the Father are not separable — to reject one is to reject both. Jesus makes this plain not to condemn but to clarify the stakes of what is happening. There is no neutral ground here. This is Day 23 of 27 in our meditation through John 15. Each episode builds on the one before — I'd recommend going in order, but let the Spirit lead you back whenever you feel called. Each meditation...

Light creates accountability. Before Jesus came, ignorance was possible — but now the word has been spoken, and the word changes everything. This is a solemn verse. Let the silence hold its weight. This is Day 22 of 27 in our meditation through John 15. Each episode builds on the one before — I'd recommend going in order, but let the Spirit lead you back whenever you feel called. Each meditati...

The name is the reason. What the world cannot receive is not us but him — and when it pushes back, it is pushing back at the one who sent him. We are caught up in something larger than our own story. This is Day 21 of 27 in our meditation through John 15. Each episode builds on the one before — I'd recommend going in order, but let the Spirit lead you back whenever you feel called. Each medita...

Persecution is not proof of failure — it is proof of continuity with Jesus. He was not spared it, and neither are we promised otherwise. This is not grim news; it is a strange form of solidarity. This is Day 20 of 27 in our meditation through John 15. Each episode builds on the one before — I'd recommend going in order, but let the Spirit lead you back whenever you feel called. Each meditation...

The world's rejection is the shadow side of an election. To be chosen out of something is to belong somewhere else — not homeless, but re-homed. The hatred names what the love has already done. This is Day 19 of 27 in our meditation through John 15. Each episode builds on the one before — I'd recommend going in order, but let the Spirit lead you back whenever you feel called. Each meditati...

Jesus does not promise immunity — he offers orientation. If the world's hatred comes, know this: it is not a sign that something has gone wrong. It hated him first. We are in good company. This is Day 18 of 27 in our meditation through John 15. Each episode builds on the one before — I'd recommend going in order, but let the Spirit lead you back whenever you feel called. Each meditation fo...

The command is not new — it is the same one, spoken again. Love one another. Jesus says it twice in five verses because we need to hear it more than once. Let it land as if for the first time. This is Day 17 of 27 in our meditation through John 15. Each episode builds on the one before — I'd recommend going in order, but let the Spirit lead you back whenever you feel called. Each meditation fo...

The initiative was never ours. We love because he first loved — we follow because he first called. This is not a diminishment of our faith but its deepest foundation: we are held by a choice we did not make. This is Day 16 of 27 in our meditation through John 15. Each episode builds on the one before — I'd recommend going in order, but let the Spirit lead you back whenever you feel called. Eac...

A servant works without knowing why. A friend is let in. Jesus has made known everything the Father has given him — which means the invitation here is not just into relationship but into understanding. This is Day 15 of 27 in our meditation through John 15. Each episode builds on the one before — I'd recommend going in order, but let the Spirit lead you back whenever you feel called. Each medi...

Not servants. Not subjects. Friends. The word Jesus chooses here crosses a distance that should not be crossable. Sit with what it means to be called this by him. This is Day 14 of 27 in our meditation through John 15. Each episode builds on the one before — I'd recommend going in order, but let the Spirit lead you back whenever you feel called. Each meditation follows the same format: A brief bre...