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Food of The Spirit
by Steve Countryman Food is essential to life. You cannot live without it. Watching one of those reality shows on TV they dropped a group of men out in the wilderness each on their own. They had to fend for themselves. Their shelter, food, safety and survival was totally up to each one of them. Soon the importance of finding and eating food consumed the majority of their thoughts, time and effort. Their survival depended on it! There are some interesting facts about food and our obsession with it. There are times when you think of your favorite dish or meal. Sometimes it will cause you to find a certain restaurant that serves it. Some people have planned their days off around it. Even vacations and trips always seem to include those favorite stops. Cravings overtake our thoughts over certain foods. Then, if carried too far, binging occurs followed later by regret. And we are all guilty of it at sometime in our lives. More often then not guilty over and over and over again. Food provides us strength, vitality, energy, health and healing. The Word of God is our spiritual food and provides us strength, vitality, energy, healing, wisdom, spiritual blessings, instruction, peace, joy, power and authority, deliverance, victory, refuge, shelter and relationship with Father God. 1 Peter 2:2-3 2"Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good." Hebrews 5:12-14 12 "In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God's word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! 13 Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. 14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil." Isaiah 55:2 "Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare." Jeremiah 3:15 "And I will give you [spiritual] shepherds after My own heart [in the final time], who will feed you with knowledge and understanding and judgment." Natural food can be a controlling problem in our lives. That which we consume can consume our thoughts every day. What to eat, where to eat, when to eat and what to have for desert. I'm sure that's why fasting in the Bible was always about food. It wasn't just about showing restraint regarding food but about pushing all thoughts of food aside. Taking that time spent on food and spending it with God instead. John 6:35 "Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty." Craving the things of God and His Word as food for our lives. Where our very survival is dependent on God's Word as our bread of life! Feed on the Word of God daily. Crave it as you would your most favorite foods. Desire to taste the goodness of God! No better way to get closer to God and hear His voice than through daily feeding on His Word, prayer and fasting every once in a while. Feasting on the Word of God is true food! Article Source: http://www.faithwriters.com |