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Wonderful! Thanks for this.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: December 17, 2005 12:57
Subject: [TruthTalk] FYI "Fresh Baked
Bread" (by Ken Mathews)
Fresh Baked
Bread
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Yes, he humbled you by letting you go
hungry and then feeding you
with manna, a food previously unknown to you
and your ancestors. He
did it to teach you that people need more than bread
for their life;
real life comes by feeding on every word of the LORD.
(Deuteronomy
8:3 NLT)
But Jesus told him, "No! The Scriptures say,
'People need more than
bread for their life; they must feed on every word
of God.'"
(Matthew 4:4 NLT)
I grew up in Indianapolis Indiana. A
block over from our house was
a wonder bread factory. Every morning, if the
wind blew from the
north the mouth-watering smell of fresh baked bread blew
right over
our house. In the summer, if our windows were open, the
smell
breezed right through the house.
There is nothing like the
aroma of fresh baked bread. In thirteen
years, living in that house I never
tired of the smell of fresh baked
wonder bread. I attribute that experience
to my love for sandwiches,
toast, cinnamon toast, and bread
pudding.
The wonder company makes some good bread, but I believe it
would fail
miserably if compared to the bread God made. Soon after the
children
of Israel crossed the Red Sea, God introduced them to fresh
baked
Manna. Oh, I can just imagine the sweet heavenly aroma of
fresh
Manna. I can just imagine every bite of Manna melting in my
mouth
like honey.
David calls it angel's food. Can you believe that?
God gave these
people angel's food.
They ate the food of angels! God
gave them
all they could hold. (Psalms 78:25 NLT)
This bread from
heaven was special in many ways, but there is one
aspect of manna that
carries with it the suggestion of feeding on
God's word. The manna was good
for just one day. They could not
collect more than they needed to feed them
in a day. In the same
manner, we must feed on God's word every
day.
Our strength in life is dependent on a daily nourishment of the
food
of angels. That is right, the food of angels. Every day in
heaven,
the angels feed on God's awesome word. Hear what David says
about
this.
Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in
strength,
that do his commandments, hearkening unto
the voice of his
word. (Psalms 103:20 KJV)
Angels excel in strength, not from physical
manna, but from the word
of God they hear in heaven. Bread can only give us
physical strength
for a short time until we grow hungry again. On the other
hand,
God's word strengthens our spiritual being forever.
We can
vividly approach God's word every day as fresh baked bread.
Can you smell
the sweet aroma of God's love, mercy, holiness, and
compassion for your
very life? Inviting you to feed on his word
every day results in a heavenly
nourishment that you just can't
do
without.
Prayer
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Father in heaven, I thank you so
much for giving me your word from
heaven that sustains and strengthens my
life here on earth, and
preserves it until I come home to you God. Please
Father, help me to
feed daily on your word. Help me Father to savor every
bite of your
word. In Christ name, I pray
amen.
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