Since
keeping the Word of God in the heart is the only way to
successful Christian living, you will at once want to know
how to keep it in the heart. The Word is kept in the heart
the same as food is kept in the body. The food is eaten,
and then by the process of assimilation it becomes a part
of the body. This is something of a mystery; nevertheless
we all know it to be true. We feel weak in body, but soon
after we partake of food, we feel stronger. Somehow that
food gets into the life and makes us stronger. Now,
"man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word
that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." We can eat
the Word of God and we must eat it in order to get it into
our heart and life. By eating and the process of
assimilation the Word becomes a part of our inner being.
We eat it by faith, and the Spirit assimilates it into our
hearts.
Let us take a text: "In honor
preferring one another." It is blessed to have an
experience like this. To feel happy when others are
honored and we are not is certainly a desirable
experience. We can have it. As you read the above text,
love it, admire it, desire it, ask for it, believe you
receive it,—and you have it. It will be a truth of
beauty and of power in your soul and life. But remember,
you must have an eagerness for it. You must lay hold upon
it as the infant does upon the mother's breast. The same
is true with every text in the Bible. Eat the entire book.
and thus you will have it as a glorious source of power
and purity in your life.
