Learning To Feed

A lot of times when people leave the church, they tell me, "Well, I'm just not being fed. I feel like God is leading me to another place to worship." It usually goes something like that. I have in the distant past, used those words myself. But what I have found from personal experience over the years, is that there wasn't something wrong with the pastor, there was something wrong with me, and my own relationship with the Lord. The reason I wasn't being fed is because my life was filled with pride, or rebellion, or something that was keeping me from being close in relationship with the Lord. So, consequently, I wasn't being fed. And it wasn't my fault. Furthermore, to state that the Lord was telling me to move on, that couldn't be, because I wasn't hearing from Him in the first place. So I must have been listening to someone else's voice.

As the North American Church, we have had a lot spoon-fed to us, to the point, that we have forgotten how to feed ourselves. Sunday morning is not for our "feeding" but for our encouragement. Our feeding is to take place Monday through Saturday. That is why the Church in America is anemic. We have gotten away from studying our Bible through the week, and we leave it up to the pastor to "feed" us for the week. Then we come up feeling empty and weak, we then have a target for that.

Beloved, we are at a time in history, where Bible reading and studying needs to be even more prevalent in our lives, because we are living in the last days of the Last Days. We need to know that we know what we know. Many deceivers and false teachers have come and are still to come, so we need to be able to discern what the truth of God's Word says. So, get into the Word, and let the Word get into you.

Are you being fed? Are you feeding yourself? Examine the real reasons you go to the church that you do. Is it close to home, so that it is convenient? Do they have a great children's program even though the doctrine is a little "off"? Are you willing to sacrifice correct doctrine so that your children can have a good time in children's ministry? Do you like or not like the building in which they reside? Is going to church about the building or it's location? These are questions that need to be answered honestly and open before the Lord.

Also, learn to feed yourself. Learn to do Bible study on your own. Take time to spend with God. Don't allow the enemy of our souls to steal away the time we have to commune with our Lord and Savior. And drink lots of liquids. Shalom.