HOW readily the chickens come to get their food. They know the one who feeds them, and the moment they see her coming, they all run to her. We do not wonder at that; indeed, if they did not, we would have good reason to think they were sick, or afraid of the one who was bringing their food.
God, He has made us, and all things, has given us food to eat, and we know we could not make the food ourselves; we are therefore dependent upon Him for all things, but I wonder if we, each one, are thankful to Him, and receive all as coming from His hand? How many there are who sit down to their meals, and never even think of giving God thanks.
They act like the brute beasts who know not God. The Word of God says, “MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE, BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDETH OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD” Matt. 4:44But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. (Matthew 4:4)
God therefore has given us His Word as food for our souls, and I ask you, dear reader, Do you delight to read the Word of God? Have you taken it with thanksgiving, or do you run away from it? The state of the soul is soon manifested when that test is brought. If one is going on with God, he will desire more and more to be over God’s Word, but if not, there will be little or no desire for it, and he will sooner or later, do something that will bring dishonor on the Lord’s name.
May you seek to say with the Psalmist, “Thy Word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against Thee.” Ps. 119:11.
ML-03/21/1920