I love a good home cooked meal.
Kim makes the most delicious roast chicken you've ever tasted.
We all need to eat.
Our body makes a demand that we have to obey.
Eating is as natural as breathing.
We eat to get energy and we eat for the enjoyment.
But most of all we eat to live.
If you starve yourself you may survive for a few weeks but eventually you will die.
Not from sickness or disease, not by the sword or the gun.
You will starve to death.
The exact same is true of our spiritual life.
However I really don't think we truly believe this.
But Jesus said: It is written. That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. Luke 4:4.
Did you hear that? Man shall not live on bread alone...
In other words, if all you eat is physical food then you will not live.
So many christians are starving themselves day after day after day.
As a result they are weak, tired and have absolutely no energy.
It is a type of madness that fails comprehension.
When a person suffers from a weight related issue like anorexia, it is well understood that they are sick. It is a sickness.
Well the church is full of anorexic christians.
People who simply refuse to eat - or are so unhealthy that they only eat spiritual snack food like a verse here or there.
Do not be deceived! You cannot live like that!
If you want to experience a victorious life in Christ then you must become power-FULL in Him!
And the only way to become FULL is to eat as much as you can!
I think one of the problems people have with feeding on the Word of God is that its not their acquired taste.
It does not allow them to continue in the sinful lifestyle to which they have become so accustomed.
The bible even calls itself by food names.
It is bread, milk, meat and honey.
It is a completely balanced spiritual diet.
Don't settle for anything less than fresh from the word produce folks!
Why have soya when you can have meat?
Why fill yourself up on the musing of "other" authors when you can feast on the purest words on earth?
Are you feasting on the Word of God?
Or are you just nibbling on a sunflower seed here or there?
My sister suffered from anorexia and the hardest part of her recovery was getting her to see what she truly looked like.
In reality she was as thin as a rake but when she saw her reflection a fat person was looking back at her.
When you look into the mirror what do you see?
A healthy christian FULL of power and ready to serve God?
Well let me tell you the reality.
If you are not feasting daily on His word, through bible study and prayer, then I do not care what you see, I see a stick thin, starving very sick christian who will not be able to stand the trials of like that are sure to come.
Are you feeling hungry?
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