The entirety of Your Word is truth, and every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever. (Psalm 119:160 (NKJV))

Food is a funny thing, isn’t it? On the one hand, we need food to survive. Without food, your body will use its stores of fat and muscle until there is nothing else to sustain it. Studies suggest that we can only survive about one to two months without eating food.

On the other hand, we can abuse food by eating things that are unhealthy. Brain imaging has shown that when a person eats sugar, it stimulates the brain in the same way that drugs, like cocaine, do. The bottom line is that eating certain food leads to health while other food leaves us overweight, sluggish, and sickly.

It’s the same with spiritual food. There is spiritual food that leads to life. And other food that will lead to death.

The source of our spiritual food is crucial. We can get caught up in listening to things that sound good to us. Yet, they aren’t true. The Bible warns us that

a time is coming when people will no longer listen to sound and wholesome teaching. They will follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever their itching ears want to hear. They will reject the truth and chase after myths. (2 Timothy 4:3–4 (NLT))

When we eat unhealthy spiritual food, it leaves us sluggish and sickly – in a spiritual sense. It moves us farther away from, instead of closer to, God.

We must remember that only one source of spiritual food is founded on truth. The rest are derived from lies.

And the source of that truth is God’s Word, the Bible. As Psalm 119:160 teaches us, all of God’s Word is truth. To be spiritually healthy, we need to be nourished by the truth found in His Word.

Indeed, Jesus’ Words are life (John 6:63). He is the bread of life (John 6:35, 58). And, we can feed on God’s faithfulness (Psalm 37:3).

When we eat healthy spiritual food, our walk with God grows closer and more intimate and our faith is built up. We are stronger and able to withstand spiritual attacks from the enemy because we are firmly grounded in God’s Word.

So, let’s commit to eating healthy food – the spiritual food that leads to life. Spend time in God’s Word, the Bible, every day, feeding your soul. Stay spiritually healthy so you can walk by faith with Him.

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