Empty Vs. Full

My first summer at houseboats I had a leader tell me, "We're Lutheran's we don't meditate" after taking them through the week and what to expect (3 hour solo time).  I was quite taken back at this comment because here I am, someone who GOES to a "Lutheran" church and I do quiet time and solo time and meditate.   I couldn't believe it!  Reading through fosters book on this principle has re-opened my eyes to the reasons why we meditate.

I've got a buddy of mine who has been "searching" for a new religion. Over the past few months he has landed on one that focuses on meditation and "Chanting" (Hare Krishna). I've asked him hundreds of questions about this "Eastern Idea" and have been run in conversational circles of a blend of christian ideals and eastern religion searching.  I've found in talking with him that "to completely empty ones-self and be brought to a free and clear mind" Is often the goal of why he chants.

It is so outlandish to me to think that someone would want to "free the mind to be EMPTY" and this is the state they strive for.  Its crazy to me because I know what my mind is gross without Christ (Isaiah 53:6).  I want it to be so full of Christ that there is no more room for ANYTHING.  Any void or emptiness is scary.

It wasn't until I was greatly challenged by my friend that I really understood what "Eastern religion (hare krishna)" was about... IT'S ABOUT NOTHING, it's not about worship IT'S ABOUT NOTHING.

     1 Corinthians 15:10 "But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect.  NO, I worked harder then all of them- yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me."

This meditation is not a call to emptiness but a call to fullness.

"There is no such thing as a 'single act' of meditation. Meditation is the 'ability to hear God's voice and obey his word.' (Foster 17) This act of 'Christian meditation leads us to the inner wholeness necessary to give ourselves to God freely.'"

Inner wholeness is what I desire Lord, because without You my life is fractured, broken and wandering.  Father may I crave for your voice, and meditate on you.