This series of meditations by Preacher Campbell McAlpine draws extensively from Psalm 1, positing Biblical meditation as the most rewarding, yet difficult, topic that promises to change a believer's entire spiritual life. The core message revolves around the guarantee of blessedness, fruitfulness, and spiritual prosperity for the man whose delight is in the law of the Lord and who meditates on it day and night. Campbell stresses the essential need to balance being "filled with the Holy Spirit" (Ephesians 5:18) with allowing "the word of Christ dwell in you richly" (Colossians 3:16). He warns that a lack of this equilibrium prevents the desired result and leads to spiritual "malnutrition". To achieve this fruitful state, a foundation of righteousness is paramount, requiring complete separation from all that is sinful and maintaining a clean heart before God.

Meditation is defined as the inwardly digesting the Word of God—feeding the inner man by allowing the Holy Ghost, the greatest teacher, to plant the Word deep within the soul. This practice is the final and paramount stage among five essential approaches to Scripture: hearing, reading, studying, and memorizing.
Campbell illustrates the pursuit of fruitfulness by urging believers to go to "Bethlehem," the "House of Bread" and the place of "Ephrath" (fruit-bearing), which requires sacrifice, sanctification, and facing the issue of burying anything (person or thing) that interferes with love for Christ. True fruitfulness requires believers to make time and exercise discipline, breaking through obstacles and temptations that the enemy uses to keep them from the "well of Bethlehem". By consistently meditating on Christ through His Word, believers are guaranteed growth, becoming like a tree planted by rivers of water, bringing forth fruit in its season.

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