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Scripture
So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, “Take it and eat it. It will turn your stomach sour, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.” I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it. It tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour. Then I was told, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings.” Revelation 10:9-11
Observation
A sermon is not stuck on a preacher like a Post-It-Note, ready to peel off to make room for the next one. The pastor is his message because he is to take the word of God internally. The minister is supposed to eat the Bible and to let truth eat him up.
That’s why the best messages always start out in personal devotion. If a passage has spoken to the messenger first it will move those who hear it. This requires time. A pastor must take time to savour his message and then to digest it. For John, the message on the scroll tasted sweet like candy but he needed Pepto-Bismol to digest it.
Application
The Bible was not designed for speed reading, but for slow chewing. I know this, but sometimes I move too quickly. I need to take time to let the word of God affect me deeply.
Prayer
Father, I ask for the gift of indigestion. I want to be upset by truth that applies to me. I don’t want to be a taste-tester of truth. I want to be one who digests fully. Amen.
