I know way too many Christians who are starving to death.  While physical starvation is all too prevalent in our world, that’s not what I’m talking about today. I’m thinking about spiritual starvation.  It’s symptoms are easy to see: indifference, moral laxity, passionless worship, inability to serve, no desire for community, no heart for the world, no concern for the lost.  You could probably add to that list of symptoms.  Anything that happens or doesn’t happen as a result of anemic spirituality counts.

But why are we starving? The Apostle Paul goes a long way towards answering that in his first letter to Timothy.  Notice what he says, “In pointing out these things to the brethren, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, constantly nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound doctrine which you have been following.”  The Scriptures, the doctrines they contain and the history of our faith are meant to be a source of constant nourishment in our lives.  Their consumption needs to be as regular as our consumption of food; remember we are to be “constantly nourished.”

I don’t know exactly what your week has looked like.  I don’t know all the difficulties it has contained.  I don’t know the stresses.  But I do know this: no matter what you are going through, 30 minutes in the Bible will change your perspective and fill you with renewed joy and energy.  No, reading the Bible is not a magic cure-all.  Trouble will still be there when you’re done.  But the trouble will look smaller, God will look bigger and you will feel spiritually recharged.  So, spend some time this weekend feeding yourself on the words of the faith.