Thursday, October 4, 2012

Too Much And Not Enough

A sated man loathes honey, but to a famished man any bitter thing is sweet. (Prov 27:7)

The one who has his fill of good things often takes good things for granted. To him, honey is something that he has had enough of…he wants no more…this sweet thing is too sweet. The children of Israel were dissatisfied with God’s provision of manna and they wanted meat. God supplied so much quail they became sick of quail. it was too much of a good thing. A human being is quickly dissatisfied because we are no longer satisfied with God and His provision. We can soon become bored with God. Contrast that with the hungry man. He’s not too choosy about the sweetness of what comes his way. Any thing is good. Even any bitter thing…is sweet. Anything is better than what he has. Without God, this man is in danger of swallowing every evil kind of poison that may be represented as something good. Any bitter thing and too much honey are the two extremes of the human spiritual condition when we hunger for God. We are so blessed to have the word of God coming to us in so many ways in our modern culture. We may be lulled into a sense of examining and tasting so many different offerings that they lose their sweet taste after awhile. This is possible when the sweetness of God’s presence may have been left out of the recipe. To the one who will swallow any bitter thing and call it sweet it is because the mind is deceived about the character of God. Stop sampling too many things and start studying one thing…the word of God. God is satisfying. Everything else is not. Taste and see that the Lord is good.

1 comment:

Riley said...

I know that things nearly enough as I should. I like your post!