“I ain’t gon’ lie … I like t’ eat”
God’s Food
I ain’t gon’ lie…i like t’ eat … and “good” food is as relaxing and enjoyable as the best day on a day off. My wife, Pennye Jacobs Lewis, is a great cook, and she ain’t scared t’ try a new recipe she’s seen somewhere. The real treat is, she enjoys cooking. So many modern-day women ain’t cookin anymore. I talk to dudes all the time that tell me they do most, if not all, of the cooking in their homes. To each his own, but for me, I’m blessed to have a wife that cooks ! Cereal and samwiches ( we don’t pronounce it, “sand”wiches” roun our house ) are ahight ever now an nen, but good food goes deeper…soothes the soul, so-t-speak. Again, i can’t speak for you, but i liken good food, to the Word of God. As regular food satisfies me physically, the Word of God satisfies me, spiritually. I can’t really explain it, but there’s something about “reading” God’s Word that fulfills, nourishes a deep hunger within me. Too often, I’ll allow my flesh to override my spirit. I KNOW i oughta get into the Word, but I’ll look at reels or tv instead. It never fails, when i “skip” God’s urging to study His Word, i wind up regretting my decision … just as if i “fasted” or skipped a meal. There’s just something about gravitating to Scripture and listening to what God wants to tell me. If i choose to ignore Him, i wind up payin the price. If God had a face, i can imagine the disappointing expression that must show in His eyes, when i choose some other activity over His Word. If my wife goes to all the trouble of purchasing grocery items, transferring them from shelf-to-buggy-to conveyer-to-buggy-to-car-to-countertop-to shelf/frig-to-skillet/oven/cooktop-to-plates…and i come home from work and turn my nose up at it, offer some lame, disrespectful comment and grab a bowl of cereal instead, how do you think she’d feel ? So why would we believe God would feel any different, after He’s gone to so much “trouble” to see that we have the spiritual food we need to thrive ?!? Let’s face it…we don’t give God even half of what He’s given us ! And He ain’t askin nothin from us that would do us harm ( Jeremiah 29:11 ) ! We’re quick t’ cry out to Him when we’re sick or in trouble … but when things are goin smooth, we tend to “put Him on the back burner”. He oughta mean more than that to us, yall. Just to have the “privilege” of puttin our feet under His table ( Psalm 23:5 ) oughta make us breathless. This is GOD we talkin about ! The Author and Creator of everything we see and don’t see ( Romans 1:20 ) ! Maybe that’s why we look so undernourished in the “spiritual department” …because we don’t feast on the good food He has prepared for us. We used t’ tell my Mama, “ You don’t eat enough t’ keep a bird alive”… and I’m bettin, God could say the same to us. Be an exception ! Show up at every meal that He supplies … savor every morsel and ask for seconds … and as an old pastor use t’ say, “ Save yer fork…dessert is on its way !” Let’s start lettin God see how grateful we are for His written Word … because one day, it might not be available ! “Your Word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path” ( Psalm 119:105 ) . “ Your Words were found, and I ate them, and Your Words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart , for I am called by Your name, O Lord, God of hosts” ( Jeremiah 15:16 ). Buurrrpp ! I enjoyed it, Lord !
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