In the 40’s Automats were the rage in big cities. Automats
were cafetrias where rotating vending machines of fresh food and beverages were
purchased. Slip in a nickel and you’d get a fresh slice of delicious pie. Slip
in a dime and you could buy macaroni and cheese.
I remember watching a movie about a young woman who came to
make her fortune in New York. She had no money and she would come to the
automat and make soup of hot water and tomato ketchup! She’s stir and fix and
add salt and pepper and drink that stuff.
All that food rotating around, being replaced behind the
machine with fresh food. It was kept full and literally the machines would
never run out. But here was this woman drinking ketchup and hot water! The
ketchup and hot water was free but not really tasty and not at all nutritious.
Food everywhere but because she was without change in her purse, it was all she
could do.
I am reminded this morning of the Word of God. It is an ever
rotating completely full Automat of the Soul Body and Spirit. Everything needed
for a healthy meal from the Lord is contained there. Unlike the plight of the young woman in the
movie, it’s all free! Our benefactor, the Owner of Heaven and Earth, has paid
it all so that we, who are hungry, thirsty and empty can be filled! Every Word displayed
on the pages of God’s Word is tasty and healthy and perfect for us.
Are you sitting at the cafeteria table of life and content
to make ketchup soup when you could have the whole buffet? Maybe no one ever
told you that you could partake of it all – without money, without any
credentials other than the mark of Christ on your heart. You’re hungry and thirsty and beginning to
show signs of malnutrition. Yet it’s all
there, waiting for you to pick it up and partake of it.
Oh beloved, today is your day! Run to the Word of God and
partake of it all! Read it from page to page, cover to cover, chapter to
chapter and verse to verse! It’s all about God’s love for His people, His
bountiful supplies freely laid out for the taking! He’s wooing you and calling
you to come and dine. Don’t stay content to sip on that which has no
nourishment. Don’t let the enemy tell
you that this is all there is!
God’s Word is all yours because He loves you completely and
He paid the ultimate price to give it all to you! God’s Word will sustain you,
strengthen you, nourish you and give you the stamina to go the distance – all the
way to heaven! God is for you, so He made a way for you to have everything you
need for your life now and your life to come! Go ahead, reach out and enjoy!
Proverbs 4:20-22 My child, pay attention to
what I say. Listen carefully to
my words. Don’t lose sight of them. Let them penetrate deep into your
heart, for they bring life to those who find them, and healing to their
whole body.
Isaiah 55:1 Is
anyone thirsty? Come and drink--even if you have no money! Come, take your
choice of wine or milk--it's all free!
John 4:14 But those who drink the water I
give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them,
giving them eternal life.
Jeremiah 15:16 When I discovered your
words, I devoured them. They are my joy and my heart's delight, for I bear your
name, O LORD God of Heaven's Armies.
