Time To Eat

Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation. 1 Peter 2:2

I get my ideas and titles for my writing in many strange ways. One day as I sat in a local eating establishment watching people enter on their lunch hour it dawned on me all these people think they have to eat. It is 11 or 12 and it is time to go nourish our bodies for the rest of the day. One by one people lined up at this very popular dining establishment. I wondered how many of them were this hungry for God? Do they crave Sunday worship like they do that noon meal? 

We eat to grow and to stay healthy. Many third world nations have malnourished citizens just wondering where they will get food and water. We are blessed in the United States with not only an abundance of food but also with Christian churches all over the place. There is no real excuse to not get involved other than fear or complacency. Maybe you had a bad experience in church or with a particular denomination. So find another one. If you want to be close to Jesus you have to fellowship with Him and spend daily time with Him through His word, The Bible.

I urge you today to not just go to church on holidays like Easter and Christmas. Imagine if you 'ate' only twice yearly. You would waste away. Don't let your spirit waste away and leave you open to the attacks of the great deceiver, Satan. 

PRAYER: I desire you Lord. I choose to make my schedule around you and not get so busy I forget I need my 'spiritual food'. I want you to be my main passion above hobbies and other things in my life. I will resist Satan's attempts to get me making excuses. In Jesus' name. Amen.

Click link to hear a wonderful song of worship:
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You Can Do It!

 I can do all things through Him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13

Is there some task you have wanted to try or some goal in mind that you want to do? For example, I used to say I wanted to run a marathon by my 50th birthday but I did not make that goal. I have set other goals to make and worked towards them. Let's say you know you need to lose weight and start being better disciplined in exercise. With God's help and your willingness to do your part, you can set your mind on making this a reality.

Discipline is a thing we need to develop in our spiritual life as well. Not just the lofty goal we often hear of reading the the Bible, although that is admirable, but say of studying each and every day and insuring you are growing your spirit and learning the truths in the Bible. The enemy would love to steal your time. He will make you feel you are "too busy" for taking time in the morning for a prayer or Bible time. He will make the things of Christ seem unimportant on Sunday. Anything Satan can do to clutter your mind and keep it distracted he will do. God is yearning for time with you. Quick question. Do you give time alone with God as much time as Facebook or social media or a hobby? Ouch.

Pray and ask God to examine your heart and bring conviction of the areas you know you need to change to truly make Him first in your life. Don't just say it but live it!

 PRAYER: Lord Jesus there have been many times I have done my own thing or said I was too busy for my quiet time. I know that is only Satan trying to get me off the course you want me to be on. I pray for those in my family he has tricked as well. I pray blinders come off and once again we can all hunger and thirst for righteousness. In Jesus' name. Amen.