Halfway down the barn path, they stopped and began searching together. They began to dig in the dirt, looking for for treasures. Each time they found a lovely rock or an interesting shaped stick, they excitedly shared it with each other. Each time they shared a discovery, it was like they were sharing something that nourished each other’s soul.
I’ve admitted this before—that I wanted to be a Bible scholar. When I finished my bachelor’s at Moody, I wanted to continue on and get my master’s in biblical studies. But one day, the Holy Spirit said to me: “Information is not food.” In that moment, I understood the breadth and depth of what He meant. In that moment, I also understood why His call upon my life wasn’t to be a Bible scholar, but to write about chickens and mowing the pasture and moments in my barn.
There is a difference between sharing biblical information and sharing spiritual food. Christ must be present in anything we share with each other if it is to nourish our soul. It is our relationship with Christ and our personal knowledge of Him that will act as bread passed ‘round the table, not how well we communicate biblical truth. It is Christ in you— Him living and communicating through you—that will open others’ eyes to His glory.
As we search together, He is the treasure we find and excitedly share with each other, in a way that will feed our souls.
(John 15:4,5) Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch is not able to bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine; you are the branches. The one abiding in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit. For apart from Me you are able to do nothing.
(John 6:48,51) I am the bread of life. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.
(Matt 13:44,45) The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.
(Job 28:12-23) But where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding dwell? No mortal comprehends its worth; it cannot be found in the land of the living…God understands the way to it and He alone knows where it dwells..
