2-26-2016

Good Morning All!!     

        Jeremiah 15:16; “Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts.”

    “Mom, I’m hungry.”  How many times has a mother heard this?  Sometimes it seems that the dinner or supper dishes aren’t even off of the table yet and someone is scrounging in the refrigerator.  There were times we wondered if our sons were eating or just storing it away for later usage.  Perhaps they had a hollow leg for storage.  It never seemed to matter what they were fed or how much they were fed, they were always hungry.  We fed them meals high in protein content, carbohydrate content, energy content; it never seemed to matter for they were always hungry.

    That is one fact that we deal with.  We all get hungry.  We eat a meal and then a few hours later we are hungry again (Some have fewer hours than others).  Yet we must eat many times a day in order to address our hunger pangs.  We often learn what does and what doesn’t “stick” with us.  We know that the sugary foods do little to satisfy us; we tend to do better with a healthier selection.

    Our faith life can be like this.  We tend to hunger for something to satisfy us.  If we seek after the false teachings and beliefs of this world, we will always be hungry.  The most modern, pop culture self-help pabulum may taste sweet; it may tell us what we think we want to hear but it will fail us when needed.  It will not feed or nourish us.  It will leave us hungry.  It will leave us empty.

    This is why we should always give thanks to God for giving us that satisfying and nourishing meal of His Word.  It fills us; it gives us the proper level of soul building nutrients.  Through His Word we have a diet that feeds our spirit and nourishes our soul so that when the battles and struggles come, even when these battles are more wars than struggles; we are kept fed and kept strong.  It is the nourishment of God’s grace that keeps us going. It is God’s nourishment to feed us to survive our battles to give us the strength to withstand the devil’s attacks.

    Without God’s grace, his nourishment, we would fall and collapse under the devil’s onslaught.  It is only by God’s precious gift of grace and mercy that we are able to defeat the devil.  We defeat the devil because God has defeated him by the death and resurrection of Jesus.  It is his victory, given to us because of his love for us; that assures our victory.  It is through faith that we are strengthened and nourished to hold onto our victory.

Gracious Lord, feed us with your gracious Word.  Nourish us body and soul that we may always cling to you.  Keep us in your loving arms that we may know your holy rest.  Keep us strong that we may defeat the devil’s attack and we may remain in your holy kingdom.  In the precious name of Jesus we pray, amen.

God’s Peace,

Pastor Bret