Most, if not all of us, have food in abundance (superabundance, for that matter), and are so well-fed that we're not familiar with the symptoms of starvation. At the outset of starvation, victims have an insatiable craving for nourishment. As time passes, however, the body weakens, the mind is dulled, and the desire for something to eat wanes. They tell me that starving people actually reach a point where they don't even want food that is placed before them.
Spiritual starvation follows much the same course. If we have been feeding daily on God's Word, it's only natural to feel "hungry" when we skip our quiet time. And if we continue to neglect it, we can lose all desire to study the Scriptures. What happens? We starve ourselves spiritually.
How much time do you spend reading the Bible and meditating on its truths? Do you miss the Word when you neglect it?
Psalm 119:103 says, "How sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth."
Thomas Guthrie, a Scottish preacher in the 1800's wrote: "If you find yourself loving any pleasure better than your prayers, any book better than the Bible, any persons better than Christ, or any indulgence better than the hope of heaven -- take alarm!
How do you rate according to that statement?
Preacher's Kid
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