Feed Yourself the Word of God
When your words came, I ate them;
they were my joy and my heart’s delight,
for I bear your name, Lord God Almighty.
Jeremiah 15:16 (NIV)
If you anchor your life in meditation and contemplation of the God who has given you redemption and graced you with salvation, you don’t need anybody else to tell you that you have capabilities, capacities, and abilities. No. When you meditate on God, you get up from meditation feeling like you can leap over walls, living as more than a conqueror, anointed and gifted to get the job done, fully capable of doing all things through Christ who gives you strength. You feel like you live with the entire force of heaven behind you and a great cloud of witnesses who are cheering you on, like your faith makes all things possible and attainable and achievable.
Care enough about your life to feed it more than what will pass and fade away. The grass will wither, and the flowers will fade, but the Word of our God shall abide forever.
You know how a person cares for himself, what he thinks about himself, and what he feeds himself by what comes out of him—how he speaks about the things that are relevant and important to his life, what he thinks of others, and how he treats other people.
• It’s not about his accumulation—but is there any evidence of generosity?
• It’s not about what he criticizes—but does he live extending mercy and grace?
• It’s not about what he holds as a grudge, but can he forgive since he lives forgiven?
When we feed ourselves the Word of God, we stay sane in a crazy world. For many of us, the only thing that’s keeping us from going crazy as well is that we are seated in God’s presence and clothed in His righteousness, in perfect peace because our mind is stayed on Him. The only reason you don’t go off when somebody hurts your feelings, or respond by giving evil for evil, is because God has done inside renovation though the meditation on, memorization of, and practice of His Word.
Care enough about your spiritual health, and be aggressive enough to protect your graced place in life, that you feed yourself the Word of God.
