Any concerned parent, grandparent or spouse will always want to make sure their loved one gets enough to eat. They know that having a good appetite is a good sign of good health. So whenever their loved one is not eating, they start wondering what’s wrong. Are they sick? Are they stressed or depressed about something? Why the loss of appetite?
If you’ve ever known someone to be diagnosed with a serious or terminal illness, if they stop eating, there’s cause for concern. Why? Because we know that in order for the body to be strong enough to function properly and get better, they need to eat. And you don’t just give them anything to eat. You give them what you know has the ability to give them the nutrients they need that promote good health.
Even the healthiest person needs to make sure they eat enough to maintain good health. As a matter of fact, having enough to eat and what a person eats, plays a major part in the quality of that person’s health.
Likewise, as we purpose to make sure we get enough to eat for our physical bodies, we must make sure that we get enough to eat for our spiritual bodies. The same can be said about our spiritual strengths and well-being when it’s not being fed enough. We get weaker, more susceptible to disease and injury. But we may not even realize just how weak we’ve become until life ushers in a series of hardships, struggles and troubles. We start to realize that we’ve been infecteded by the spiritual toxins around us. We know when we try to lift the loads of life and we find ourselves straining to bare the weight. We’re too weak. We start catching other people’s demon diseases when we thought we were immune. Our bones become frail, weak and pained. And what once gave us a strong, upright spiritual posture has now become ravaged with injuries and now has us walking with spiritual limps and crutches.
Consider, the spiritual meal you ate today. (If you ate at all). Understand that whatever feeds you will lead you. If the Spirit isn’t dominating what you consume (spiritual vs carnal) the Spirit can’t lead you. You’re weak. You’re malnourished. You’re susceptible to the enemies diseases and attacks with little to no strength to fight. And all it will take is a strong enough force from the enemy to crush your bones.
The enemy will always interfere with our pursuits for spiritual things. He doesn’t want us to study the Word of God or to pray. He knows that this is his kryptonite and our Popeye’s Spinach. It’s our power! It’s our strength. It’s the only Source we have that equips us for battle in spiritual warfare.
As children of God, we must make sure that we make Bible study and prayer a priority. We must also make sure that our work doesn’t take precedence over our worship. Mary understood this in Luke chaper 10. Martha was consumed with working in the presence of Jesus. But Mary was at the feet of Jesus listening to the words He spoke. She positioned herself to feast on the Word of God. She was making sure she got enough to eat.
Mary didn’t let the business of her surroundings pull her away from listening to Jesus. In verse 42 of Luke 10, Jesus says, “Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” Don’t let the work of ministry or the “preparation that need to be made” take you away from hearing the Word of God because that’s the only things that can’t be taken away from you.
*Tressa Jo
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