Feeding time!

Have you ever noticed how hungry children can be (especially teenagers)? Children are growing of course,  and in order to do that in a normal, healthy way, we have to feed them. 

We are like that spiritually too.  I've noticed that the nature of fallen man feeds on negativity! The more negative stuff we feed on, the more we seem to gravitate to it and look for that until we can no longer see the goodness of God.  


Negativity breeds fear, sorrow, and anxiety by the bucket load!  But Jesus didn't save us so we could live in that!


Matthew 4:4 (TPT) says:

He answered, “The Scriptures say: Bread alone will not satisfy, but true life is found in every word, which constantly goes forth from God’s mouth.”


Our Spirit is fed by what God speaks.   Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God (Romans 10:17).  We will feed either the Spirit of the flesh.  There's no two ways about it; you will be sowing to one or the other, and there's a really easy way to tell which: Listen to what is coming out of your mouth! 

Scripture tells us that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks! If what is coming out of your mouth is all negative, then you have been feeding the flesh.  If your words are laden with the love of God, joy, blessings and faith, then you are feeding the Spirit.


Feeding the Spirit is easy.  Feed on the Word!   Eat up what God has to say to you through His Word and by His Spirit.  

When we feed the Spirit, we are not feeding the flesh and what we don't feed loses strength. Switch the news off and read God's good news; turn off the soap-opera and let the Word wash you clean from the dust of this world and remind you of God's goodness.  Your faith will grow, your spiritual walk will go from strength to strength and you will move towards the fullness of life that God promises us in Jesus. 


Deuteronomy 30:19 (MEV) makes it really clear. God says:

I call heaven and earth to witnesses against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life...


Don't let the negativity of the world fill you up with strife, stress, anxiety and fear.  Instead it's feeding time for the Spirit!   Feed it with the spiritual nutrients for healthy and sustained growth!   

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