Heart Food
 

Heart Food By Joe Stowell

Your words were found, and I ate them. —Jeremiah 15:16

I love food! I love to see it beautifully presented, and I love to savor the taste. If it were up to me, I would eat more often than I should—although it wouldn’t help my waistline! So, it’s a good thing my wife, Martie, knows when to lovingly remind me to eat healthful foods in the right amount.

Reading Jeremiah’s interesting thought—that when he found the words of God (even the words of God’s judgment) he “ate them” (Jer. 15:16)—makes me wonder if I ingest God’s Word as eagerly, as lovingly, and as often.

Clearly, Jeremiah did not actually eat God’s Word. It was his way of saying that he read and savored it in his innermost being. And that’s exactly where God’s Word is intended to go. The Word is heart food! When we ingest it, the Holy Spirit provides the power to help us grow to be more like Jesus. His Word transforms how we think about God, money, enemies, careers, and family. In other words, it’s really good for us.

So, “eat” God’s Word to your heart’s content! No doubt you will find yourself agreeing with the prophet Jeremiah when he said: “Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart” (15:16).
Lord, cultivate in me an appetite for Your Word.
Thank You that the Bible is food for my soul. Lead
me to read it, to savor it, to ingest it, and to know
the strength that Your words can give to my often-failing heart.

The more you feast on God’s Word, the healthier you will become.

Was thinking of the word partake, nothing can do right or wrong to us, unless we ingest it and make it a part of our body, mind, and soul.

I was told to take deep breathes, breathe in and take my breathe to where it was needed and to the area that was hurting. The healing energy can`t help me, if I am not willing to apply it to my life, just breathing shallow breathes don`t reach the soul.

When I think of eat and old habits, I use to gobble everything in site, not even tasting what I was eating. Stuffing my face to shut thing off or stuff them deep so I didn`t feel. I had to learn to relish what I was given and give thanks for what I received.