Nourishing Word of God

I have spent the morning baking cakes for my son and flapjacks for my daughter. I tend to have a taste here and there to check how they are going! This always ruins my appitite for a good meal. So now it's lunch time and I don't feel like I can eat anything, so I put the kettle on and have a cup of tea!

When my children get home from school, I make sure they don't even look at their goodies until they have a proper meal inside them. It's great when they are hungry, because I can feed them apples and raw vegetables with out much argument.

Delving into the word of God is like having a really healthy and satisfying meal. I can let my life get caught up with the business of life and fill my time with rubbish so that I don't always feel like or have the time to delve into the Bible or sitting in the presence of God. It is only when I have spent time reading and listening to his word do I feel like I've had a great meal. The more of God's Word and his Spirit I get, I become stronger and a healthier Christian. just like I plan life around preparing and having decent meals I must plan everything else I do around the times I spend nourishing myself on the word. Missing these time can result in not living in the fulness of the power of the Holy Spirit.