Spiritual Food

We all know that we cannot live if we stop eating. In fact, when someone is really sick to the point where they cannot eat, we know their end is near if we do not give them nourishment. Just as our physical bodies perish so easily without food, our spiritual souls will perish if we are not given the food that gives us spiritual life.

Jesus, quoting the Word of God given to Moses, said, "It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” (Matt. 4:4)

Not only is Jesus affirming the Old Testament Scriptures as the Word of God, something he did continually throughout his ministry on earth, he is teaching us something extremely important. If we do not have spiritual food - every word that comes from the mouth of God - we will not live. Our eternal life is dependent on the Word of God. 

Eternal life does not just mean we will exist forever. There is also eternal death. Eternal life is KNOWING GOD. Jesus tells us this in John 17:3: “And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.”

How can we know God if we do not read, hear, listen to, and study His Word? It is in His Word - the Holy Scriptures - where we are taught everything we need to know about who we are and who God is in this earthly life. Eternity will be spent knowing God, more and more, never reaching the end or fullness of our infinite, Most Holy God. For those whom God redeems, eternal life begins now, in this life. Don’t fool yourself if you think you have life while you neglect, despise, or ignore God’s Word. 

In God’s Word we also learn that Jesus is the Word - the Word made flesh. Jesus is also the Bread of Life. You cannot follow the true Jesus apart from God’s true Word. There is so much feasting to be done in the Word of God! We must hunger for it, delight ourselves in it, and feed upon it. When you open your Bible, you must humble yourself before God, acknowledging that every word of it comes from the mouth of God and you have come to be taught.

“Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord, and whom you teach out of your law” (Psalm 94:12)

“The earth, O Lord, is full of your steadfast love; teach me your statutes!” (Psalm 119:64)