The Sunday Special
Dr. David Jeremiah
Turning Point
Unless we’re purposely fasting, we need frequent nourishment—preferably three “squares” a day. Yet would you believe that millions of people in the United States try to live all week on nothing more than “Sunday dinner”?
I’m referring to the feast their pastor spreads before them. Many people seem to think their preacher’s weekly sermon is all the spiritual food they need for the next seven days. But if you don’t open your Bible Monday through Saturday, you’re subsisting on a WEAK WEEK DIET. It’s really a starvation diet.
God never intended for us to be food critics who just visit a spiritual restaurant once a week to render our opinion of the service. He wants us to be feasting daily on His Word. Job said, “I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food” (Job 23:12). The psalmist said, “How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” (Psalm 119:103).
Eating His Words
The Lord Jesus, quoting from Deuteronomy, said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God’” (Luke 4:4). The prophet Jeremiah said, “Your words were found, and I ate them, and Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart” (Jeremiah 15:16). Peter said, “As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby” (1 Peter 2:2).
The Bible likens itself to our necessary food, bread, honey, milk, and meat. God wants us to chew on His Word, internalize and assimilate it into all parts of our spiritual life. We become what we’re eating, and six days between meals makes one weak.
Remember those noble Bereans who searched the Scriptures daily in Acts 17:11? The book of Proverbs says, “Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors” (Proverbs 8:34).
It takes determination and effort, but there’s no reason we can’t feed our soul everyday on the Word of God. After all, if we can feed our bodies every day, can we not feed our soul?
Cooking Lessons
If the Bible is food for the inner man and Bible study is akin to cooking, then I think some of us need cooking lessons. Simply put, the best way to learn to cook is to start cooking; and the best way to feed yourself every day with the Scripture is to just begin doing it.
"The Sunday Special" article continued Recently as a church we read through the book of Esther. This scriptural account is an important story of great love and heroism. It is also the tale of two generations that showed how wisdom and zeal can work together spanning the generations. "A Tale of Two Generations" Pastor Chris Twinn, THE FAITH CONNECTION BROADCAST
A great many saints today have pride of race, pride of face, and pride of grace - they are even proud they have been saved by grace! "Who is in the Driver's Seat?" Dr. J. Vernon McGee, THRU THE BIBLE
Psalm 25:14 The friendship of the LORD is for those who fear Him, and he makes known to them His covenant. "Friendship of God" Dr. James MacDonald, WALK IN THE WORD
May the Lord richly bless you!
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