Daily Java: When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart's delight, for I bear your name, O LORD God Almighty. (Jeremiah 15:16)
Accepting the words of God is easier said than done. The idea of the word of God being like a sharp sword is appropriate. That is because truth can hurt, it can cut. You are doing stuff that you know to be wrong and the word points it out. It can make a person mad even.
The key is to receive the word of God in the spirit it is given. The Lord doesn’t point things out to be mean. He points them out to make you better, to refine the gold of your life.
When they come to us, we eat them. We take them in like we would take in food or drink. The words become part of us and begin to work in our lives. We do not just apply them, we let them become part of us from the inside.
We eat them. If we are in God’s will, they are joy and delight. Even if they hurt at times, we know that he wants the best for us and we are willing to go with his plan and his will.
That is not easy. But we bear his name. We are his people. We live by his rules. And we know that he loves us.
Our food becomes his will and our drink becomes his life. And we are his.
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