“Eat this scroll; then go and speak to the house of Israel.” – Amos 6:1, NIV
The prophet was told to digest the message himself before he shared it with others. Until the Word is part of you, until it’s been absorbed into your own life, it won’t come out with power or authority, and it won’t produce lasting fruit. What we feel compelled to share with others is usually what the Lord is trying to say to us. Again, Paul says, “I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them” (1 Timothy 1 :16). Did you hear that? “Me first.”
In Rome, there is a fountain where tourists throw coins into the water and make a wish. The water in the fountain pours from the mouths of two lions cast in stone. They give it out, but they never taste it! It pours from their mouths, but they are not refreshed by it themselves. Are you getting the idea? Jesus said out of “his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water” (John 7:38).
In ancient Israel, they had to gather fresh manna each day. If the manna was kept overnight, it spoiled. Jesus must be new to you every morning. He must become your daily bread. Have you eaten of that bread, today?
