MARCH 26, 2024
Topic: THE MOST VITAL FOOD
Text: Jeremiah 15:15-21
Memory Verse: Jeremiah 15:16 – “Your words are what sustain me; they are food to my hungry soul. They bring joy to my sorrowing heart and delight me. How proud I am to bear your name, O Lord!”
Food is one of the vital needs of man. In our earlier years, one thing that seems to sustain us more than anything else is food – three square meals a day, and sometimes something in between. However, apart from physical food, I have found something far
more vital to my happiness and success as a believer in Christ.
Now, I can truly say with the weeping prophet, Jeremiah, that the very words of God are what really sustain me. They are food to my hungry soul. They accomplish immeasurable good in my life, and thus in the lives of thousands of people whom I am privileged to meet throughout the world.
God’s word brings joy to my sorrowing heart. Why? Because it has an answer, the answer to every need, every burden, every problem I will face this day, and in the days to come. Furthermore, it will provide answers for others with whom I am in contact.
God’s word truly delights me, as it did Jeremiah. When I need encouragement, I turn to the Psalms, when I need practical wisdom for daily decisions; I turn to the Proverbs of Solomon. And so on with every kind of need I face.
All of these being true – God’s word sustaining me, being food to my hungry soul, bringing joy to my sorrowing heart, and delighting me. “How proud I am to bear your name, O Lord”!
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I call upon you today to help me to make my spiritual food a priority over all other considerations in my life in Jesus’ name.