Have Another Meal of the Word of God
God’s Word is food for our spirit man to grow and mature. Just as our body needs physical food, so also our spirit needs spiritual food. I have found that when I am challenged in my life when circumstances don’t line up the way they should, I need to spend more time feeding on the Word. Why? Because the Word absorbs that anxiety and care that we otherwise may indulge ourselves in. When we are full of the Word of God, whatever comes our way, the Word rises up in us to address the situation.
The Word of God is alive; the Word of God is breathing with God’s life; the Word of God is living because it is His Word to us as His children. It is what gives life to our mortal bodies; it is what gives life to our finances; it is what gives life to our marriages; it is what gives life to our children. God’s Word is life to us who will take it in and eat it. And how do we eat it? We study it, meditate it, confess it, ponder it, think on it instead of other things which cross our minds.
The enemy of our life, the devil, will see to it that we have plenty of opportunity to think the opposite of God’s Word. He is sending fiery darts all the time. What we do with those fiery darts determines how our life goes. I woke up this morning with thoughts of things contrary to the Word of God. What we must realize is that those are only thoughts sent our way to see what we will do with them. If we start to ponder them, then we have accepted them as part of our lives and if we continue to ponder them, they will become a part of us.
God’s thoughts bring life (His thoughts come from His Word.). Satan’s thoughts bring death and destruction. Remember that Jesus said in John 10:10 that the thief, meaning the devil, comes to steal, kill and destroy. Jesus said that He came that we might have and enjoy life, have it in abundance, to the full, until it overflows. I continue to ask you this question: Are you overflowing yet? If not, have another meal of the Word of God. Indulge yourself.
Today, let’s each one of us make a fresh commitment to be hearers and doers of the Word of God and not respond to the opposite word that comes from the circumstances around us.
Jeremiah 15:16
Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.
Jeremiah 1:12
Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
Hasten: be quick to watch over
God’s Word is our very life. We must keep it ever before our eyes and ears and in our mouth. His Word is God Himself written down on paper, the way He thinks and operates. It is the breath of His life breathed into us. It is the map for our journey here on earth. It is the guidebook, the manual for living.
The Word of God is alive; the Word of God is breathing with God’s life; the Word of God is living because it is His Word to us as His children. It is what gives life to our mortal bodies; it is what gives life to our finances; it is what gives life to our marriages; it is what gives life to our children. God’s Word is life to us who will take it in and eat it. And how do we eat it? We study it, meditate it, confess it, ponder it, think on it instead of other things which cross our minds.
The enemy of our life, the devil, will see to it that we have plenty of opportunity to think the opposite of God’s Word. He is sending fiery darts all the time. What we do with those fiery darts determines how our life goes. I woke up this morning with thoughts of things contrary to the Word of God. What we must realize is that those are only thoughts sent our way to see what we will do with them. If we start to ponder them, then we have accepted them as part of our lives and if we continue to ponder them, they will become a part of us.
God’s thoughts bring life (His thoughts come from His Word.). Satan’s thoughts bring death and destruction. Remember that Jesus said in John 10:10 that the thief, meaning the devil, comes to steal, kill and destroy. Jesus said that He came that we might have and enjoy life, have it in abundance, to the full, until it overflows. I continue to ask you this question: Are you overflowing yet? If not, have another meal of the Word of God. Indulge yourself.
Today, let’s each one of us make a fresh commitment to be hearers and doers of the Word of God and not respond to the opposite word that comes from the circumstances around us.
Jeremiah 15:16
Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.
Jeremiah 1:12
Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
Hasten: be quick to watch over
God’s Word is our very life. We must keep it ever before our eyes and ears and in our mouth. His Word is God Himself written down on paper, the way He thinks and operates. It is the breath of His life breathed into us. It is the map for our journey here on earth. It is the guidebook, the manual for living.
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 6:50 AM
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