GOD’S WORD FOR NOVEMBER 5 ~ ~ Revelation 22:6 ~ ~ “Then he said to me, ‘These words are faithful and true.” And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent His angel to show His servants the things which must shortly take place.’”

From How to Read the Bible…. by Michael Youssef:

I believe in preaching God’s Word from the pulpit. I believe in the validity and power of teaching God’s Word in Sunday school classes, in Christian books, and on Christian radio and television and internet sites. I preach and teach God’s Word through every one of those mediums

But I must say, on the authority of God’s Word, that the Bible itself is the only food that will spiritually nourish and sustain you, and is the only food that will spiritually encourage you to grow stronger every day.

The Scriptures often draw an analogy between the physical body and the spiritual body, and between physical food and the spiritual food of the Bible. Just as our physical body needs nutritious food in order to be strong, so our spiritual health depends on spiritual food.

In Deuteronomy 8:3, Moses said to the people of Israel:

“So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.”

These are the very words from the Old Testament that Jesus quoted in order to defeat satan in the wilderness: “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” (Mt 4:4 also Luke 4:4)

And Job, that faithful saint, said, “I have not departed from the commands of His lips: I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.” (Job 23:12).

Few Americans have had to miss many meals. I’m not saying we should feel guilty for living in a land of plenty. Rather, we should feel grateful to God while keeping the mindset of Job. We should treasure the Word of God more than our daily bread. How can we expect to go month after month without feeding our spirits on the Word of God? As healthy people, we would never starve ourselves to the point of malnutrition. Instead, we work hard to put healthy food on the table for our families – as well we should!

We need food to live and thrive physically. But many of us are spiritual anorexics. We starve ourselves of the Word of God. We think we can survive on a few crumbs of Scripture that we hear at church or on a Christian radio station. By going week after week without feeding on the Word, we are starving our spirits to the point of death.

Listen to what God said through Isaiah 55:2:

“Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare.”

We live in a world of spiritual famine today because we have malnourished ourselves into a spiritual coma. Do not become a spiritual anorexic. Decide today to feed every day on the Word of God.

It is said that, in one of the New Year’s Day rose Parades in Pasadena, California, an elaborately decorated float sputtered to a stop in the middle of Colorado boulevard. The truck that supported the float had run out of gas. The entire parade was stalled while the driver went to buy a can of gas. Even more embarrassing was that the float, sponsored by the Standard Oil Company, advertised Standard Oil’s vast petroleum resources, yet someone had neglected to fill the gas tank.

This scenario could describe Christians who have access to God’s vast resources through His Word but neglect to tap into that power. The Word of God is our only power for living. As Paul writes in Romans 1:16:

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew then to the Gentile.”

We are always looking for power. When we feel weak and helpless, we want power over the circumstances and challenges of life. We sometimes look for power in self-help, how-to, or motivational books, and yet forget the one Book that is the source of power for living.

In God’s Word, we find power over sin. We find power over temptation. We find power over our circumstances. We find power over this fallen world. When you need power, turn to God’s Word.

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Ps 145:15 The eyes of all wait upon You; and You give them their meat in due season. You open Your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

Ephes. 2:6 He has raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus

I Samuel 2:9 …He will keep the feet of His saints

Psalms 61:3 For thou hast been a shelter for me….

Ephesians 3:17-19

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God.

Jeremiah 31:3

The Lord has appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

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