Psalms 81:16. He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat:
How sweet would gospel doctrine be if gospel precepts were observed!
When you do not enjoy the preaching of the Word, is it not because you are out of health, and your spiritual appetite is impaired: "He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat." When the soul lives near to God, then the Word of the Lord is sweeter than honey and the honey-comb.
Psalms 81:16. And with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
You know what this "honey out of the rock" is. You have tasted it, and in days gone by you have feasted on it; perhaps you have not had much of it of late. If so, remember why this is. God will give his children bread, but he will not give them honey unless they live very near to him; you shall have the necessaries of life, but not luxuries. The high and heavenly joys of the divine life shall be denied to you if you work at a distance from your God; but if you keep close to him, you shall have the finest of the wheat, and you shall be satisfied with honey out of the rock. May the Lord bless the reading of his Word to us, and may he draw nearer to himself! Amen.
Psalms 81:16. He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat:
How sweet would gospel doctrine be if gospel precepts were observed!
When you do not enjoy the preaching of the Word, is it not because you are out of health, and your spiritual appetite is impaired: "He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat." When the soul lives near to God, then the Word of the Lord is sweeter than honey and the honey-comb.
Psalms 81:16. And with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
You know what this "honey out of the rock" is. You have tasted it, and in days gone by you have feasted on it; perhaps you have not had much of it of late. If so, remember why this is. God will give his children bread, but he will not give them honey unless they live very near to him; you shall have the necessaries of life, but not luxuries. The high and heavenly joys of the divine life shall be denied to you if you work at a distance from your God; but if you keep close to him, you shall have the finest of the wheat, and you shall be satisfied with honey out of the rock. May the Lord bless the reading of his Word to us, and may he draw nearer to himself! Amen.