Day 14 - Life's Glorious Fuel

Since the only way we know to successful kingdom living is to keep an image in our heart of Christ obtained from the Bible, you will want to know how to keep it there. The Word is kept in your heart in the same way that food is stored in your body.

First you eat the food through your mouth and then by the process of assimilation you ingest and it becomes part of your body. This is something of a mystery without an intimate knowledge of anatomy; nevertheless we all know that it happens like that. If we feel a little faint, and then we have something to eat, we soon feel stronger. Somehow that food gets into our life and strengthens us.

Now, "man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God." We can eat the Word of God, the purpose being to get it into our hearts and lives. We eat it by faith, and the Spirit assimilates it into our hearts.

As an example, the scripture says, "Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honour one another above yourselves." Romans 12:10

It is a marvellous thing to live like this, devoting oneself to other members of your community rather than tending to self and the me-life all day long.

It is possible to live like that. As you read the above text again, love it, admire it, long for it, ask for it, believe you receive it, and you have it. It will be a gem of beauty and power in your soul. But remember this; you must be eager to live that way. You will have to lay hold of it like a baby takes hold of its mother's breast.

The same is true of every passage in the Bible. If you eat the whole book, you will have it as a driving motor, a glorious source of power and purity in your life.