Psalm 64

During the time of Oppression, But still Rejoicing in the Lord.

David is a man who went through suffering and still rejoice in the Lord.

I always wonder how can you be joyful when you go through suffering.

Every time i went through suffering, i was prayer.

The psalm teaches that secret of being joyful through suffering.

and the key is meditation.

What are the situations that he is going through.

People are talking bad about him, abusing him with words, trying to attack him , they are making schemes to kill him.

In these suffering times, what David is doing is he is meditating on God.

one thing that this psalm teaches is if you go through suffering, and if you meditate on suffering you cannot find joy and rarely you can find deliverance from that suffering.

but a person who meditates on God in times of suffering will see the joy and not only joy he will see deliverance.

What is this meditation.

Today people meditate on lot of things.

When i was 15 yrs old i started yoga, pranayam. and focusing mind on nothing.

Later when after believing in Lord Jesus Christ i saw that there was joy in me because i came to know God.  I have peace because i came to know God.

It is the meditation of God that will bring joy, peace.

The more you ponder upon God, all these by products start coming out.

Psalm 1:2 

But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
    And in His law he meditates day and night.

A believer's delight should be the Word of God.

The best blessing that you get through meditation is being Planted .

Being planted means taking deep root inside and bear fruit outside.

Genesis 4:12.

The curse that Cain got is he will be a homeless wanderer and there is no fruit.

these are very inter connected.

When a person doesnot meditate on God, the Word doesn't control that person, then there is no plantaion or no root, and that person will be a wanderer and ultimately no fruit.