Are You Anxious Or Just Hungry?

 

...that He might make you know

that man does not live

               by bread alone,

but lives by every word 

that comes from 

    the mouth of the LORD.

          Deuteronomy 8. 3

When her children are

rummaging through the pantry

or standing in front of

  the open door of the fridge,

our daughter who is their mom

        often asks them,

"Are you hungry,

       or are you just bored?"

In this passage,

God points out our need

for the daily sustenance

         of Scripture.

"Are you anxious,

       or defeated,

or just hungry for God's Word?"

The Bible is not just

    words printed on a page,

but the very words of God,

     engraved on our hearts.

God does something in us

  when we meditate on His Word.

Are we overwhelmed

   because we are starving

   for His Word?

O LORD,

Help us to know,

to see,

to realize that we need You,

and we need Your Word.

Energize us through it.

Build Your strength in us

    layer upon layer,

    verse upon verse.

Empower us to go 

   into this day differently

because we had

     breakfast with You.

And may the Word we read

  rise up out of the ground

to change everything

                 about us today.

 

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