EAT THE WORD
“Neither have I gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have esteemed the words of His mouth more than my necessary food – Job 23:12.” Food, as intended by God, was created to serve some purposes one of which is strength. The plants and herbs created were for food, in fact, it was written that they were good for food. It is therefore imperative that God made food for strength. For instance, in the book of first kings, it was said of Elijah that – “And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God – 1Kgs. 19:8.” We see that food is a channel of strength. Note this and mark it clearly, food is not the source of strength. It is only one of the means or channels to it [strength]. When Apostle Peter was writing about food, he noted – “As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby – 1Pet. 2:2.” In this case, we see that food is also a kind of requirement for gr...