The Word of God

I read the following paragraph in John Piper’s book Finally Alive this past week on pg. 171:

“What will it take so that thousands of Christians in our churches become passionate about telling the gospel to unbelievers? One of the reasons we don’t do it as much as we should is that life in America is so entertaining that thoughts about desperate, eternal, spiritual need are hard for us to fell, let alone talk about. The world is just too interesting and entertaining. It feels awkward to make ourselves of others uncomfortable with thoughts about perishing people. It’s heavy. But life in America is light”

Though he is talking about personal evangelism, I believe his words can also be applied to the reason why many Christians are apathetic and indifferent to spiritual things, particularly toward the intake of God’s Word and the application of that Word to our daily lives.

The absolute essential nourishment for our souls is the Word of God. When we neglect it, we do so to the detriment of the health of our souls.

Deuteronomy 8:3 says, “man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.”

1 Peter 2:2 says, “like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation.”

Psalm 1:1-3 tells us, “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; ² but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. ³ He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.”

May God grant to us, his people, an insatiable hunger for His Word—to love it and to live it.