Do You Eat Well Spiritually?

"A good diet is the most basic human need. .  . .Without sufficient food, we would die." -Food and Nutrition.

THAT fundamental truth is graphically illustrated in the emaciated figures of starving men, women, and children, and children who are denied  this "most basic human need."  Others are able to  meet this need to a degree but are still seriously undernourished. Yet, many  who could eat well often content themselves with junk  that provides little real nourishment.  "Food,"  says Healthy Eating, "appears to be one of the most abused of our possessions."

It is little different with spiritual food-the truth found in God's Word, the Bible.  Some people lack even the most basic spiritual nourishment; they starve spiritually.  Others simply neglect to take advantage of the spiritual food that is available.  What about you?  Do you personally eat well spiritually?  Or could it be that you are depriving yourself of spiritual nourishment?  It is important to be honest with ourselves in this matter because we need spiritual food even more than we need physical food. -Matthew 4:4.

Next time: Do You Eat Well Spiritually? - Food for Spiritual Growth

From the Watchtower magazine, 1997