I become overwhelmed with the thought of the number of people, who have the Word of God in their possession, hear it preached and taught to them on a regular basis, but just play around with this precious gift of God. Jesus was sent to earth for us. The Word of God tells us that the Word became flesh. The Word is Jesus. Jesus is the Word. What a tremendous gift, yet so many just ignore Him, the awesome Word of God.
I remember as a young teenager, having a friend over for a visit. I confess, I wasn’t the most well-behaved young person, but Scripture tells me, confession is good for the soul. My mom had just finished mixing homemade bread, which was always delicious. It took quite a long time to work in the flour, yeast, and other ingredients to get them just right. Then she told us she had to run an errand. My friend and I were in one of those moods where we couldn’t stop laughing and clowning around. Just after my mom walked out the door, one of us got the brainy idea to toss her homemade bread dough back and forth. I know, I know…what were we thinking?! Yet, up went the bread dough into the air, first to one, then the other. OOPS! I dropped the monstrous glob of goo on the floor. Swiftly, I scooped it up, picking grit and hair out of it, laughing hysterically all the while. You would have thought that would have been enough. Oh, no! Not us. We did it until we could hear my mom’s car pulling in the driveway, then the seriousness of the situation dawned on us.
We never confessed our evil deed, and we let it be baked and served, grit, hair and whatever dirt was on the floor was baked right in. We never told. Oh how foolish we were. Here we had nourishing bread right in our hands, and yet all we could think about was having a few fun-filled moments to giggle and be silly.
Do you see the parallel? We, too, right today, have access to an even more important bread — the Bread of Life, but what are we doing with it? Are we playing around with it? Are we going to wait until a crisis in our lives drives us to pick it up and become serious in reading and studying what the Word, Jesus, has to say to us? I challenge you today, not to wait too long. Pick up the precious Word, the bread of life, often. Let it become part of the very fiber of your life. Taste and see that the Lord is good!
Are you hungry today for more of this life giving Word?
Will you make a conscious decision to put the Word on the highest priority list of your life daily?
Make a list of ways you can actively taste and take in more of this wonderful Word, Jesus.
