If you’re a similar age to me you will remember the Honey Monster from the 1976 cereal advert with his favourite phrase “Tell ‘em about the honey mummy.” This week I’m hoping my devotionals will be sweet, as they are all honey-based. The inspiration came from a picture I saw in my mind’s eye recently, when visiting my old church in Rugby and going up for prayer. Some non-believers may find it odd that people claim to hear from God, however in my experience, I know he speaks to us all in many ways, if we just learn to tune in.
The picture I had was of a honeycomb, I saw those complex hexagonal cells that make up the comb and a worker bee frantically going about her duties. I say ‘her’ duties, as I have since discovered that all worker bees are female. I will come back to the relevance of this picture at the end of the week.
Then he said to me, "Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it." So I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth.
Ezekiel 3:3 [NIV]
When we fully take in the word of God from scripture we taste the sweetness of His wisdom. As we fully take in the sweetness of His word, He directly speaks to our heart and our life is enriched beyond measure. How foolish we can be when we are spiritually starving and do not feast upon His words to us (I know I am guilty of that.) The loving words of God supply us with the energy and power to go about doing His will throughout our life and discovering our destiny. Many souls ache for the kindly outpouring of His love which comes to us from the nourishment of His scripture and the truth of His words as they are written upon our heart. If we would just open our heart to Him, we will feel the love, power, and energy of God every time we open His Holy word, it’s still the best-selling book every year!
Dawn Milward
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