The Alpha of Spiritual Wisdom and Nourishment

UV 3169/10000 The Alpha of Spiritual Wisdom and Nourishment
Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
Jeremiah 15 v 16
When people ask if God and the devil, heaven and hell, absolute good and evil, truth and untruth exist, it will make it plain to them if we ask , “ Does “Yes” and “No” exist? They will certainly accept that these exist as plain as day. The world then consists of binary realities like “Yes and No” of God and the enemy , heaven and hell, absolute good and evil, truth and untruth. This is the reason that Jesus is simply described in the word of God as the “Yes and Amen” to all God’s promises. It is the word that reveals the kind of binary realities that exist around us. Hence, Jesus is also called the “Word.” He is the “word” that brought the world into existence, the word that redeems the fallen world or the world that chose to say , “ No” to God. According to such binary logic, there are four basic moral choices we make daily: “ Saying yes to good, Saying no to evil, Saying no to good, Saying yes to evil.” It is the consistent study, analysis, meditation, application and ingestion or imbibing of the word that enables us to make the first two morally consistent choices every day and every moment of our lives- saying yes to absolute good or God and saying no to absolute evil or the enemy of our souls and spirits and flesh.
The uni-verse states that “thy words were found”, implying that we need to diligently search the scriptures that strengthen our moral and spiritual resolve to make morally consistent choices. Having found the appropriate or applicable portion of the word, we need to not just skim read but we need to “eat” it. Eating it means breaking it into its constituent parts even as we use our jaws and teeth to break larger pieces of food into digestible morsels. Eating the word means analysing it, every word and phrase and nuance of it. Just as delicious and nourishing food gives us satisfaction or joy, the word when so analysed with delight will fill our hearts and minds with joy. It will turn or transform the bitterness we have experienced in life into sweetness of wisdom, of lessons learnt, blessings both temporal and everlasting. We will not have either regret or sorrow as the word will explain every suffering, alter every sadness. As a result, we are greatly strengthened and enabled to live the victorious, triumphant or successful life. Like food that we eat not occasionally but daily and frequently, we need to ingest the word as frequently as we can.
In the old covenant, man related to God as one of his creatures though as the crown of his creation as he is created in the very image of God. With the coming of the Messiah Jesus, in union with Him by faith or by spiritual grafting, we are now a part of the Lord’s family. We are given His name or identity as children get their biological and social identity from their parents. The Word is the daily bread the Father feeds us. It is the wholesome food that doubles as medicine. It heals us. It makes us spiritually brave, strong and robust as soldiers, athletes and hard working farmers. The reference to " God of hosts" or the armies of heaven implies that people so strengthened and equipped are the army of God on earth who usher in the kingdom of God or the rule of God. It also implies that we need the word to fight or combat the legion of challenges we face in our daily lives.