The messenger is to devour the Word. He is to take it in so much as to fill
himself with it. As he is filled by the
Word, he is to taste of its sweetness which is like honey. He must then prepare himself to regurgitate
the Word that he has taken in as God's message to His people.
In the Book of Psalms, we are told to taste and
see that the Lord is good. The metaphorical reference is that we can ingest and digest God's goodness. How do we do this? In most cases, we will
experience this by taking in His Word.
By reading His Word, we get an inside look at
God's heart for mankind. God offers us
His Word as a direct message to both our hearts and souls. We experience His goodnes when we engage in
the reading and study of His Word.
As we read His Word, we come to recognize how
God is and what God does and says. We
become exposed to the numerous incidents of God's interaction with man by
seeing His relationship with Israel unfold through the Scriptures.
God uses the Scriptures to communicate to the
ones with whom He has a relationship and those who seek a relationship with
Him. He carefully crafted sixty-six
books to demonstrate His relationship with man, including Moses and the Prophets.
We are encouraged to read the Word with the
enticement that once we taste of it that we will see that the Lord is
good. We will see that He is so good
that we will feel the urging to echo the same sentiments as the psalmist and
share it with others.
The Word is for both the messenger's filling and
fueling.
- It is his filling for his own satisfaction. It is good for him to partake of it.
- It is his fueling for the people's sake, taking the Word to them with the utmost urgency.
He has tasted of it himself and knows of the
value it contains.
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