4/3/2023 0 Comments Flavor of god![]() The Lord Jesus told us in John 6 that He is the living bread for us to eat, and that we must eat Him in order to live by Him. We must realize that God’s Word is our spiritual food. As we illustrated previously, we taste food by eating it, not by studying it. We may get some objective knowledge about God or learn something interesting, but we won’t taste the Lord’s goodness or sweetness. If we approach the Bible as if it were a textbook, we’ll miss receiving life from God’s Word. We should come to the Bible to eat Christ by using our spirit. I come to You in Your Word not out of duty, but because I love You. Praying a little before we even open our Bible is a good way to turn our hearts to the Lord: “Lord Jesus, I love You. ![]() We need to come to the Word with a warm and open heart. If our heart is turned away from the Lord, we can’t see Him or taste Him in His Word. Our heart is the gateway of our whole being. We should come to the Bible with our heart turned to and hungry for God. So how do we come to it with the intention of enjoying Him? 1. The Word of God is a real feast prepared for us by God. No matter how much he learns about the food, he can’t taste it, since he isn’t eating it. He should have come with the intention of eating, tasting, and enjoying each dish. Obviously, this guest wouldn’t enjoy the feast very much-not because the food isn’t delicious, but because he has come with the wrong intention. Instead, he has come to study the food and gather information about each dish. When he arrives, he sees many tasty and delicious dishes, but he hasn’t come to the feast to eat. So if the Word is tasteless to us, the problem isn’t the Word itself it must be the way we come to it. The above verses tell us that the flavor of God in His Word is sweet and good, and many other verses in the Bible reveal that God can be enjoyed in His Word. Since God’s words come out of His very being, they carry the flavor of God. “As newborn babes, long for the guileless milk of the word in order that by it you may grow unto salvation, if you have tasted that the Lord is good.” ![]() Many verses throughout the Bible indicate God actually wants us to taste Him in our heart through His Word. God doesn’t want us to just know Him in our mind. But how do we feel about reading it? Is our time in God’s Word a dry, tedious duty we feel like we have to fulfill? Or is it a time of enjoyment and nourishment? God desires that our time in His Word would not be a duty, but a delight. Similarly, the Bible tells us that God’s Word sustains us and keeps us spiritually healthy. In fact, eating is enjoyable to us, especially when the food is tasty. But just because we have to eat doesn’t mean it’s a tedious chore. We need to eat food to sustain our physical life and to keep ourselves healthy. ![]()
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