"Your words are what sustain me; they are food to my hungry soul. They bring joy to my sorrowing heart and delight me. How proud I am to bear Your name, O Lord" (Jeremiah 15:16).
In my earlier years - as perhaps was true of yours - one thing that seemed to sustain me more than anything else was food: three square meals a day, and sometimes something in between. Food is still vital - I would not understate its value - but I have found something far more vital to my happiness and success as a believer in Christ.
Now, I can truly say with the weeping prophet, Jeremiah, that the very words of God are what really sustain me. They are food to my hungry soul. And they accomplish immeasurable good in my life, and thus in the lives of thousands of people whom I am privileged to meet throughout the world.
God's Word brings joy to my sorrowing heart. Why? Because it has an answer - the answer - to every need, every burden, every problem I will face this day, and in the days to come. Furthermore, it will provide the answers for others whom I contact.
God's Word truly delights me, as it did Jeremiah. When I need encouragement, I turn to the Psalms. When I need practical wisdom for daily decisions, I turn to the Proverbs of Solomon. And so on with every kind of need I face.
All of this being true - God's Word sustaining me, being food to my hungry soul, bringing joy to my sorrowing heart, and delighting me - "How proud I am to bear your name, O Lord!"
TODAY'S ACTION POINT: My spiritual food must take priority over all other considerations in my life.
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