DId God Really Say…

April 24, 2024

Read Deuteronomy 8, Psalm 136-137, Acts 17

What’s your favorite food? Growing up mine was tacos. I could eat 4-5 as a kid easily. We all need a good diet of food to remain healthy and be able to have the energy to do the things we do each day. Have you ever thought about the concept of having spiritual food to provide you with the ability to serve the Lord and walk in your relationship with the Lord? Our spiritual food is like real food. We need a variety of different types to have a balanced diet of spiritual nourishment to live for the Lord. Here in Deuteronomy 8 Moses reminded the Israelites that while they lived on the Manna in the desert for forty years, they also were feed by something else more importantly. “He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD” v. 3. The Word of God is the main way we get our nourishment as spiritual food but there are other spiritual disciplines we can practice too! Practicing spiritual like prayer, fasting, witnessing, serving the church, Scripture memorization and meditation, Sabbath rest, worship are just a few of the things we can do to feed our soul and maintain the energy to do follow Christ.

Jesus said something like Moses said when he had finished his interaction with the woman at the well in Samaria. The disciples returned bringing food for Jesus but Jesus was no longer hungry, He had been filled up by something else. “Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi, eat something.” ³² But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.” ³³ Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?” ³⁴ “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work” vv. 31-34. Jesus had been spiritual filled by serving the Lord and ministering to the Samaritan woman.

What else do you see in these chapters? What words, phrases, or themes stand out to you?
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