FEBRUARY 17

PSALM 119:103
                     
GOD’S WORD SWEET?

Angela read Mom’s grocery list as she pushed her cart down the familiar aisles at NTUC Supermarket at the ground oor of her flat at Dover Road. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the shelves with chocolate cream- fillled snack cakes. Yummy! she thought. I wish Mom had put Choco-Cakes
on this list.

All the way home, Angela thought about those Choco-Cakes and how good they would have tasted. Walking into the kitchen, she set the sack of groceries on the table just as Mom came in. "Why are you wearing such a scowl?" asked Mom.

"I didn’t know I was,"answered Angela,"but I was just wishing I could have bought Choco-Cakes instead of all this stuff . I just love Choco-Cakes." She rolled her eyes dramatically. "Sometimes when I walk past them in the store, I can almost hear them call out my name: ‘Angela – I’m over here! Buy me! Eat me!’ Oh,they’re so good!" Mom and Angela giggled together.

"And what do the jars of honey say when you walk past them?" asked Mom as she took a jar of honey from the bag and put it in the cupboard. Angela shrugged. " ey don’t say a thing to me," she replied. "Do they say something to you?"

Mother smiled. "I was reading in the book of Psalms this morning," she said thoughtfully, "and there was a verse that mentioned honey. David said that God’s words were sweeter to him than honey."

"I’ve read that verse before," said Angela, "but I sure don’t understand it. Maybe it would make more sense if I liked honey better."

"I guess David must have liked it a lot," said Mother, "but he’s saying that he likes God’s Word even better. As for you..." Mother paused. "Why not think of it this way," she suggested. "God wants you to be hungry for His Word more than you’re hungry for any of the things of this world – even more than you crave Choco-Cakes."

Thought: Are you "hungry" for God? For His Word?
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I know it is tough to be hungry for Your Word on my own. I see people around me, the TV programs, and it is so easy to just want to satisfy sel sh desires for beauty, easy way out of things, popularity. Help me to realize I must first of all be faithful in reading and living out the truth in the bible bit by bit, before I will hunger for the Word. In Jesus’ name – amen.