When the soul meditates on the truths of the Word of God, these truths become a part of the life. A hasty reading without reflection accomplishes but little good. Quiet meditation permits the Holy Spirit to make appropriate application of the general statements of principle to individual experience. “One reason that there is not more sincere piety and religious fervor, is because the mind is occupied with unimportant things and there is no time to meditate, search the Scriptures or pray” (CW 125).

Meditation helps to guard against temptation. The mind that is filled with the precepts of God has no room for cheap and debasing thoughts. The young man who has his mind thus stored will tread a pure path.