Meditation
The ability to hear God’s voice and obey his word.

Christian meditation allows for a precious space in time for a meeting between God, the Lover, and we, the beloved.  We can meet with God in ever-growing familiarity and intimacy not because of any of our special abilities, but simply because we come willing to enter into a listening silence.  It is a creation of space, emotionally and spiritually, in our often hectic and hurried world, allowing the Creator of the universe to meet with us as he met Moses, face to face, as a friend.

What happens in meditation is that we create the emotional and spiritual space which allows Christ to construct an inner sanctuary in the heart.
~ Richard J. Foster, Celebration of Discipline