Spiritual Food

In the book of Job chapter 23 verse12 we read,

“I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.”

Job was suffering through a great deal when he uttered these words, yet his commitment to God was unwavering. He relied on God’s revelation for his survival, he treasured the words that flowed from God’s mouth and valued them more than his daily bread.

Job understood that his greatest need was spiritual food.

That was exactly what God was instilling in the Israelites as they were wandering through the desert. He wanted them to hunger for Him and His Word of revelation more than they hungered for food. God was giving them a completely different perspective than what they had become accustomed to while they were slaves in Egypt.

It was necessary that everything Egypt be completely removed from their psyche, especially the slavish mentality.

What has enslaved you? Who has you in slavery? Perhaps it is you yourself? How do you see yourself?

“…We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes…” – Numbers 13:33 (NIV)

The Israelites saw themselves as less than, they saw themselves as small, they saw themselves as grasshoppers; do you?

Think about that for a moment.

You are more than a conqueror. Remember that.

God is ready to take you out of Egypt, however you must be willing to leave Egypt behind without griping and complaining, and you can neither bring along your golden calf nor create one. God cannot move you if you are still full of artifacts and hieroglyphics. Like the Israelites, you have to become humble enough in order to receive from Him.

The flow from the mouth of God is imparted to us personally but when we are full of stuff it cannot enter. It’s time to release some things, let go of other things and empty yourself.

Honestly, it will feel like a trek through the wilderness, but it is needed to create a humbleness deep within us, to establish a great dependence on God’s revelation so that we can keep moving forward. Job’s dependence on God’s daily revelation kept him moving forward until he was free to receive from God immeasurably more than he had had before his terrible ordeal.

God’s daily revelation in your life will effect a change that is life-altering.

God’s daily revelation enlarges our limited thinking

God’s daily revelation shuttles us out of our inherent complacency toward the abundant life Jesus provides for us

God’s daily revelation takes us from self-reliance to God-dependence

God’s daily revelation will heal the rift in our distorted perspective

God’s daily revelation allows us to take hold of the future before it even manifests, and enables us to call into being things that are not

God’s daily revelation is spiritual food – it sustains us

May we pray every day, “give us this day our daily bread”, for it is life-giving manna from heaven, our daily revelation from God, it is our spiritual food.

Amen †

 

Shelley Johnson “Spiritual Food” © February 15, 2025