1. The soul will starve without feasting on the daily bread of God’s Word and the food of doing His will. Deuteronomy 8:3 says, “He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD.” The fact is simply that without taking in God’s Word and meditating on it, we will get weakened and famished spiritually. Bread feeds the stomach and brings energy and strength to the body, but it is the Bible that energizes the soul, that teaches us which way to go, and that equips us with strength for whatever the journey ahead of us entails. If we lose our attentiveness to the Word of God, we will soon lose our way and start wandering and wasting our lives instead of being wise stewards of our time and energy (Ephesians 5:15-16). The Bible allows us to be able to look around us and see everything through the grid of truth and according to the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16). It allows us to make sense of our existence and to explain things and actually know how to help people and fix things. It gives us a right perspective, valuing eternal things so highly that it impacts our daily decision-making on earth. There is no wisdom in the world, no matter how many degrees one has and how many papers one has written. The Bible gives wisdom, for in Christ are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge (Colossians 2:3). As we approach the world with Christ in our hearts and with the Bible as our guide, others will think we are stupid and foolish for the decisions that we make and the paths that we take. But we will have the assurance that what we are doing is right, true, and God-honoring, even if the world fails to recognize it. John 4:34 says, “Jesus said to them, ‘My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.’” The body gets hungry and tired after doing hard work, butspiritually we actually get fed and strengthened as we do God’s will and work. We should be hungry and thirsty for righteousness and for the great commission (Matthew 5:6). As we see God use us and open doors for us, it encourages us and motivates us toward further good works. Being around other true, Bible-believing Christians is a stimulant for kingdom service (Hebrews 10:24-25). If we cut ourselves off from doing what we know God wants us to do and from hearing from Him by reading what He has said to us in His Word, we will be famished of heart and soul. God has created us and designed us with good works to do from even before we were conceived. Ephesians 2:10 says, “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.” As we fulfill God’s design for our lives and continue in His Word, we will be filled to the point of satisfaction in our inner man.
Posted on: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 23:02:01 +0000
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