Tuesday, March 19, 2002
Tuesday, March 19, 2002
Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my
word, you are truly my disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."
Paulette Hawkins of West Virginia has experienced those feelings. For quite some time after
she invited Christ into her heart, she still felt empty. There was something missing in her life
and she just couldn't put her finger on what it was. Paulette always thought that once
someone became a Christian he or she would be filled with instant happiness and a sense of
fulfillment. She thought she would feel different than she did, she never expected to feel this
emptiness. Paulette even began questioning the validity of her faith.
One day as Paulette was reading the Bible she realized something she never did before. She
was struck with the realization that she was clean--Christ had delivered her from her sin--but
there was still a vacuum. She read Jesus' response to Satan when he was being tempted in
the wilderness. "One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the
mouth of God." It was at that moment that Paulette realized she needed something more than
simply signing on the bottom line and accepting Christ as her Savior. She needed to be fed
spiritually. Paulette set aside time each day to read her Bible and pray. The time she spent in
prayer and Bible reading soon erased her feeling of emptiness. "Now I have an abundant life,"
she says, "because I am learning wonderful things about God as I feed on the Bible's words.
God is my best friend, and I look forward to reading my Bible every day."
Are you well fed on God's Word?
(John 8.31-32
NRSV)
Some of us are not as strong in our faith as we might expect to be. Even though we have
confessed our faith in Jesus Christ, even though we have been baptized and are faithful
members of the church, we experience an emptiness inside--an emptiness we can't explain.
God of the Bible, remind me daily to feed upon your Word. Amen.
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