Meditate: [הגה] Hagah: Tree Series Part 2 of 7

Psalms 1 

"1Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the *law of the LORD, 2 And in His *law he meditates {hagah-[הגה]} day and night. He shall be like a tree 3 Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.

4 The ungodly are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind drives away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, 5 Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the ungodly shall perish."

In this, the very first Psalm, The Holy Spirit is painting beautiful pictures for us, always pointing to Jesus!  He says, "his delight is in the LAW of the LORD."  Law, in this context, is referring to the whole council of God, which the Jews call "Torah."  It simply means "ALL the scriptures," not just the Ten Commandments.  Torah means "instructions," in Hebrew. The entire Old Testament is "instructions about Jesus."

The one who meditates on Jesus will be "like a like a tree planted by the rivers, or rivulets, of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf {health} also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper."

Meditation can be either positive or negative.  Fear is actually meditation in reverse.  Instead of focusing on the positive and confessing God's word, we are focusing on and confessing the negative, imagining all the possibilities of what could happen.....and probably won't.  99% of what we worry about doesn't come to pass anyway and the 1% that does are usually things over which we have no control anyway.....so why worry?

How does Jesus define fear?  Follow the link below for more on this topic: 

http://emmausrevelations.blogspot.com/2014/07/fear-worship_9.html

It doesn't matter what is happening in the world or all around us right now.  The one who meditates on Jesus will be "well-watered, prosperous and blessed" in the midst of it all. He will be evergreen, always fruitful; his health also will never fail and he will enjoy long life, always young!

In Ezekiel, it says this about the tree of life:

Ezekiel 47:12

12 "Along the bank of the river, on this side and that, will grow all kinds of trees used for food; their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. They will bear fruit every month, because their water flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their LEAVES FOR MEDICINE.”  

Our "leaves" are also for the healing of the nations (See Revelation 22:1-3.)

How can we be assured that these things are so?  The Bible says that all things can be established in the mouth of two or three witnesses. That doesn't mean you need to get two other people's opinions but look for other corroborating scriptures that reinforce a given truth.  
Prosperity, for instance, is not just about finances, though finances are included in the blessings of Abraham. True prosperity is holistic, touching every area of your life:  Wholeness inside, meaning no depression, fear, guilt, mental illness as well as wholeness outside:  No disease, infirmity, even aging is slowed or reversed!

(For more on this topic, read about the complete meaning of the word "Shalom:"

http://emmausrevelations.blogspot.com/2014/07/shalom.html)

The word for prosper in Hebrew is "Tselakh."  It is the exact same word as used in Joshua 1:8  and the most frequently used word for "prosperity" in the Bible. 

"Hagah," which is Hebrew for meditate, means to "mutter under your breath."   Let's go even deeper and see what the Hebrew letters reveal.

Hebrew reads from right to left and is a form of picture writing, like Chinese. 

Hagah is spelled:  [הגה].  The individual letters are these pictures:

[ה] = hei, grace; 

[ג] = gimel, camel/transportation.

[ה] = hei. 

The two "hei [ה]" are separated by the letter "gimel [ג]." Hei a picture of an open window.  And what does God open up to pour out on us His blessings and grace?  WINDOWS!  He poured out His grace on us when He sent Jesus. "Hei = grace."  

Hei is the 5th letter of their aleph-bet.  Hebrew doesn't use numbers like we do in the West.  They use letters. That's why we say "five is the number of grace."  "Gimel" is a picture of a "camel." Camels were a common mode of transportation in those days.  As for "hei," God, Whose Name {Yahweh} is full of GRACE, [יהוה] has two of them. He fills us with His grace and, since Grace IS Jesus, we are filled with Jesus!  

Want something on which to meditate that will really blow your mind?  Meditate on the Name of God, "Yahweh," sometime and see what the Hebrew of His Name letters reveal.  If that intetests you, please follow this link: 

http://emmausrevelations.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-name-of-god-yahweh.html

[הגה] Hagah is:  Grace (Jesus) is transported to grace (us) by chewing on little bits of His word (The bread of life) over and over again, like a cow chewing it's cud, to extract all the goodness and nourishment out of it.

Cows are ruminant animals because they chew their cud, having one stomach with four compartments. By chewing, regurgitating and chewing over and over again, the animal is able to extract every last bit of nutrition out of it's food. Most often they are found sitting and resting during this lengthy process.

And what is our Abba always trying to get US to do? Sit and REST!   What are we naturally inclined to do?  Worry, stew, fret, pace the floor.  In any case, we are not resting.  
 

Worry and fear, as I said, are meditating in reverse; confessing what you DON'T want or what it IS rather than what you DO want or WHAT GOD'S WORD SAYS about whatever "IT" is that you are troubled.

1 Timothy 4:15 it tells us to do the same thing as in this Psalm; to "meditate {melataó} on these things.  Give yourself ENTIRELY TO THEM, that your progress may be evident to all."  "Melató" is the Greek equivalent of "hagah," in Hebrew.  The word for progress in the KJV is translated as "profiting."

There you have it; three corroborating statements on the subject.  Prosperity is clearly linked with meditation.  So, whether there is a financial famine in the world, your company suffers a downturn, you have health problems or some other lack in your life, YOUR FRUIT WILL ALWAYS BE THERE.

Your leaves will always be green and they will NEVER DRY UP as long as you are PLANTED BY THE RIVERS OF WATER  and Meditate, "HAGAH," on the Word of God.