Reading your Bible for today November 13

November 13: Proverbs 27:7

KJV Key Verse: Proverbs 27:7
7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Devotion:
Have you noticed the more you have of a good thing the more you get used to it. Pretty soon that good thing becomes the norm for you and you expect more. When you then get less or something different, you wonder what has gone wrong. But give a thought to those who would actually love to get the least of which you get because that is more than they normally get. Just like the poor will hunger and thirst after food and drink, we need to hunger and thirst after the gospel.

We like to think we will never get sick of having our favourite food day in and day out, but if we were pressed to eat it for every meal, we may well get sick of it after a while. This is going to be true for almost every food we have, but surprisingly, not for the gospel. God has given us a desire to learn more about Him. He has given us a desire to seek out the truth. That desire to find the truth may well be partially satisfied when we give our lives back to God, but the hunger for more knowledge will never cease. The more we learn, the more we want to find out...

If only it was that simple! We have so many distractions and temptations in our lives that we find any time to spend in God's Word seems to be short at hand! We think we don't have time to spend looking into the gospel and finding out a bit more because we get busy with things. Pretty soon we get used to not having His Word with us all the time and we start to turn away seeking out earthly pleasures rather than the truth. The more earthly pleasures we have, the fuller we become with them and the less we seek after God. If we were to spend our whole life eating junk food, we may not live too long because of the excess fats. We need to make sure we get good food as well so we can survive. Why then should we starve our souls of the good food it requires! We need a regular and steady supply of the gospel to keep ourselves close to Christ!

Points to Ponder:
How much junk food do you eat?

How much junk do you let into your life?