A Hunger for God’s Word - Wednesday
Today’s Verse
Jeremiah 15:16
When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, LORD God Almighty. (NIV)
Scripture tells the story of redemption. From the creation of the world in Genesis to the second coming of Christ in Revelation, this book is riddled with a balance of intricacy and simplicity that no other book has come close to accomplishing. Even a small child can understand its message, yet there is such depth to Scripture that each reading yields a new discovery, new lesson, something that didn’t click before. The Bible, however, is much more than a book; it is the inspired Word of God. The Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, who is all-powerful and all-knowing, has gifted us and pristinely preserved His words that we might study, memorize, and know Him more intimately because of it.
Jeremiah 15:16 says, “When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, Lord God Almighty.” Spending time in the Word of God isn’t meant to be a chore, like taking out the trash. Yes, sometimes we don’t feel like it and we have to get ourselves to sit down and do it anyway—that is discipline. As a whole, though, it is a gift meant to be enjoyed.
One year ago, my life looked very different than it does now, and the Lord used that season to teach me a bit more about the importance of reading Scripture daily and meditating on the Word. For a little bit, it kind of did feel like a chore, something to check off my list because I knew I was “supposed to” do it. But as I prayed that the Lord would build a hunger in me for His word, guess what? He did. I started to look forward to my lunch break because, where I had once felt pretty alone, the Lord had suddenly opened up a whole new world, where the Scriptures gave me something good and true to meditate on throughout my day.
We have a beautiful opportunity to sit at the Lord’s table and digest His Words. Scripture is 66 books full of true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, and praiseworthy things to think about (Philippians 4:8).
REFLECTION
As you read today, pick out one or two verses and write them down in a place you will see throughout the day—maybe you make this your phone’s screensaver, write it on a post-it note and put it at your desk, or choose something else. Visually place a bit of Scripture in front of you in a place you will see multiple times throughout the day. How might these small moments of reflection change your heart?
