Eat The Word
Famine is upon us, hunger hurts, our spiritual belly's are
distended. We are weakened to the point of despair, the whitened
fields seem as stubble to those who have no strength to help
themselves, and all the more so to those who have never been offered
the true bread of the Word of God.
Our nation, our homes and families, and our churches have storerooms
that are void, the cupboards are bare and
those who come to Bethlehem (the house of bread) are sent away
further impoverished with the leptin in our brains (hunger trigger) further exacerbated.
Administrators are elected, are chosen are hired, are ordained by
the people with the purpose of help and leadership to the masses, and
with few exceptions, those chosen to lead are either unqualified, or
corrupt and headed for immediate failure.
We need Revival and we need Revival soon.
The Bible says in Ecclesiastes ch.1 vs 9, that there is “nothing
new under the sun”, with one of the understandings being that mankind will find
the same easy path to failure at every opportunity.
In the Old Testament Book of Hosea ch 10 vs. 12-13 we can find the
children of Israel once again being warned of coming judgement
balanced by the promise of available grace if only they would choose
the right path. 12. Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy;
break fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he comes
and rain righteousness upon you. 13. Ye have plowed wickedness, ye
have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou
didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
Sowing of the field comes before the harvest, the harvest is done
by reaping what has been sown in mercy, gaining the strength from the
harvest and breaking up more good ground in which to sow ourselves in
righteousness, all the while looking for the good things of God as
evidenced by the rain of righteousness.
That is a picture of Revival,,,,,it is something that comes with
the working of prayer, of the stirring up of the hungry soul, and
with the realization that something is happening spiritually that can
only be from the hand of God.
And then we see that the children were no different in their day,
than we are in ours. Their leaders had done wickedly, they had
gathered the harvest of sin and had planted and eaten the fruit of
lies, believing and teaching something other than the truth of God,
which destroys the field and welcomes the famine that is sure to
come.
I have had enough of the fruit of lies, I have had enough of the
emptiness of a promise of Bread in the House, and yet upon
examination the house is empty, with little to no truth of the Word
of God being sown and no spiritual harvest being brought in.
In the New Testament we see the revealed Bread of Life, in the
book of John ch 6 vs. 33. For the bread of God is he which cometh
down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. 34. Then said they
unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. 35. And Jesus said unto
them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never
hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
The Christ says in the book of Matthew chapter 5 verse 6 "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled"
Hunger can be either physical or spiritual, to the many who are suffering it is all the same.
To those who are hungry the invitation is given to eat.
To those
who are weary the invitation is to come and eat.
To the one who feels
that he has been used up and thrown away the offer is given to
come and eat.
To the one who has suffered a famine of the Word in the
place that they have been planted, the pleading is the same, come
eat, come and be filled, come and gain the strength, that has been
lost, while wandering in a place of dimming light.
Come and Eat. Eat of the Word, Eat of the goodness of a God, that
does not measure a person in the same way that the sowers of lies
measures.
To the poor, to the oppressed, to the famished, come with us, come
and be renewed, come and experience the revival of spiritual strength
that can only be found by eating (reading, hearing, learning, living) the Word of God.
To find a buffet of the Word, you can peruse through a recommended
site at decision1.org
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