When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, Lord God Almighty.

Jeremiah’s prayer of lament expresses the attitude I need toward the scriptures in my hand. If I eat them as Jeremiah says, digest them, take them deep into my soul, then they do the work they’re intended to do.

No other source exists for bending us closer to God. Without the words of God, our techniques or meditation or silence or worship fall short—sometimes even bend us away from the heart of God. The devil masquerades as an angel of light, you know.

So, eat his words. Chew the cud. Ruminate like a bovine. Let God’s words bring joy and delight. A true relationship with the Lord waits, available on his menu at your fingertips.

Order up.

Jeremiah 15:16 in reading the Bible cover to cover in 2022

Photo by Louis Hansel