What Are You Feeding On?

What Are You Feeding On?

"It is the spirit that quickens; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life." John 6:63

Hannah Whithall Smith, one of the early day speakers for the Victorious Life Conferences at America's KESWICK wrote that very few persons realize the effect of thought upon the condition of the soul; that is in fact its food, the substance from which it evolves its strength and health and beauty, or upon which it may become weak and unhealthy and deformed.

The things we think about are the things we feed upon. If we think low and corrupt thoughts, we bring diseases upon our body by eating corrupt and improper food. The man who thinks about self feeds on self just in proportion to the amount of thought he gives to self. He may at last become puffed up with self and suffer from the dreadful disease of self-conceit and self-importance.

On the other hand, if we think of Christ, we feed on Christ. We eat His flesh and blood by filling our souls with believing thoughts of Him.

The Jews asked, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" And a great many people ask the same question today.

The answer becomes apparent to those who fill their souls with believing thoughts of Christ. They will find practically that they do feed upon Him, to the joy and delight of their hearts.

Jesus confirms this when He says, "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profits nothing: the words I speak unto you, they are life!" Jesus meant them to understand that to feed on HIM was to receive and believe HIS words, that is was not His literal flesh they were to eat, but the words that He spoke unto them, the truths He taught them. (from HIS VICTORIOUS DWELLING, Zondervan)

Put another way, famous preacher, Phillips Brooks said, "Feed on Christ, and then go and live your life, and it is Christ in you that helps the poor, that tells the only truth, that fights the battles and that wins the crown."

So my question to you today, brother -- what are you feeding on? -- Bill Welte is President and CEO of America's KESWICK

God's WORD for YOU: Proverbs 9; Leviticus 6-7; Matthew 25:1-30

Great Quote: Long-lasting victory can never be separated from a long-lasting stand on the foundation of the cross. Watchman Nee

Don't forget Men's Fellowship Night this Thursday, February 12th at 6:15 PM. Our speaker this month is Willie Alfonzo, who is Chaplain for the New York Giants and the New York Yankees. He has a stirring testimony. Invite a friend and join us for a great night.