If you’re not choosing to spend regular time with God, then you’re choosing to die spiritually
In many cultures, life is centered around food. Very few people in the western world would go for more than 10 or 12 hours without food or drink. Besides the fact that food is built into culture, doing so would make one very hungry.
Many people wouldn’t dare going physically hungry; yet they starve themselves spiritually. If you ate food only once a week- say for several months, you’d certainly die of starvation and malnutrition. Yet countless Christians do exactly that in their spiritual lives.
It is no wonder that Jesus called himself
the bread of life (John 6:35
). In order to grow spiritually, you must feed on spiritual food — God’s word.
Have the attitude found in
Isaiah 26:8: Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts.
Make it your desire to know God better.
When you regularly spend time with God — praying, seeking him, and studying his word — you will thrive spiritually. Take some advice from the psalmist:
Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always (Psalm 105:4
).
Make time with God a priority in your live. If you made being well fed spiritually as important as be well fed physically, your relationship with God would thrive.