A picky eater simply isn't hungry enough; personally, I can recall countless times when I was driving down
the highway, extremely selective in regards to where I planned on stopping to
eat. This was because my belly was reasonably full, even Chick-Fil-A was
not alluring enough to cause me to pull over. However, as the hours wore
on and the hunger began to grow, I finally came to the place where “the next
fast food joint was fine with me.”
“The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to
the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.” –Proverbs 27:7
It is vital that our spiritual man remains well feed. I am firmly
convinced that many, many people today begin well with God. They find a
powerful witness that testifies to the fact that he has surly worked a mighty
work in their lives. However, by and by we as people become “carful
and cumbered about many things.” (Luke 10:41) The devil has a way
of making the most meaningless things seem of the UTMOST importance. “You
must deal with this NOW.” He tells us. “You are missing out on all
the fun!” He often proclaims. When in reality, the laundry can
wait. You don’t HAVE to watch the game. The fast-pace, instant, “streaming”,
live, now, now, now, world that we live in today may have its perks when it
comes to standard of living; but how much does it do for our Spiritual
lives? Let’s face it; Google is not going to tell you how to defeat the
devil. We see the masses filling their lives with the manna of the world
and wonder why their soul hungers. We say to ourselves: “I can’t believe
he would do that.” “I can’t believe they would leave their: church,
wife/husband, kids; just up and walk away from God after all these
years.” Well, no wonder, to the “hungry
soul every bitter thing is sweet.” Would you agree?
The gospel still stands the same. The Bible does not need me to prop it
up, but that does not mean I don’t need to get behind it. The same God
that made us will keep us, if we keep him first. However, the Word says
that we must be diligent about it. (2 Peter 1) We must keep our Spirit
well feed, with that which sustains; reading your Bible, praying, church going,
testifying, obeying, abstaining, reading your Bible, reading your Bible, and
reading some more. God help us to spend less time feeding on that
which does not fill, and more time consuming that which will sustain, because you’re
not hungry when you’re full.
“4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch
cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye,
except ye abide in me.” – John 15:4
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