Eating Light

O taste and see that the LORD is good...
Psalm 34:8a

I love summertime foods! Ice-cold watermelon, straight-from-the-garden fruits and vegetables, Yum!! It's a season of just naturally eating lighter fare. Summer seems to be so much healthier for our physical bodies!

However, summer is also the time when people tend to slack off spiritually. They're out of town more on the weekends and they tend to not go to church when they're not at home. Oftentimes, they don't pack their Bible (and somehow forget that it's available on their phone via Google or an app).

Here's the thing - we eat every day to sustain our physical life, right? How often do we eat to sustain and grow our spiritual life? Are you a little hungry or are you starving? Cry out for nourishment - 1st Peter 2:2-3 NLT reads, Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation. Cry out for this nourishment, now that you have had a taste of the Lord’s kindness. 

Psalm 119:103 declares, How sweet Your words taste to me; they are sweeter than honey. 

In John 1:14 we are told, The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. 

 And a few chapters later, Jesus Himself declares He is the Light of the world. So eating Light spiritually, also sounds like good eating to me. It's summertime - Help yourself to more!

Prayer:

Father,

           Jeremiah said, When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear Your name, Lord God Almighty. Help us to remember that our best nourishment comes only from You. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen