MORNING MANNA 6-21-23
DESIRING GOD’S WORD
“Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.”- 1 Peter 2:1-5
Anyone who has ever been around a little baby knows that they are insistent when they think it is time to be fed. They don’t care if it is the middle of the night, the middle of a meal, the middle of a conversation, or the bottom of the ninth inning with the bases loaded and two outs. They want food with an intense longing, and they want it right now. Everything else pales into insignificance until they get fed. That is how much we are to desire the Word of God. We should long to read it, to hear it preached and taught, and to hide it in our hearts. Whether we have been saved for weeks or years or decades, we should still be hungry.
One of the things that can easily derail a Christian, especially one who has been saved for a longer period of time, is the fallacy that we have reached the point where we no longer need to feed our hearts and minds with the Bible. Jesus warned about the danger of losing our appetite for the things of God and the Word of God. “Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep” (Luke 6:25). We need to maintain the intensity of our appetite for the Bible. There are always new things to learn if we approach the Word of God seeking His direction and purpose for our lives.A Christian who has lost desire for the Word of God is headed for spiritual disaster. – Daily in the Word
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
Humble, Tx.
