December 29

Wow! That was an eye full this morning! In the midst of all of the stuff that is hard to understand I saw the verse God wanted me to see. I couldn’t shake it as I read on.

Revelation 10:10 (NIV)
10 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.

This could mean something totally different in this revelation from John, but God’s word is alive and active, so it spoke to me. I have eaten from the hand of God. I have “eaten” His Word and I have “eaten” His will. Both have been sweet to my mouth, yet there have been things that have turned my stomach. There are things that the Lord has given me to eat which have turned by stomach sour, yet they tasted so sweet and were received (most of the time) with such joy! I think it is a principle of the Kingdom in which I need to accept. The sourness doesn’t stay forever, but turns to fulfillment. God is teaching me I suppose, to withstand the bitter, the uncomfortable, the trial. Do I have a choice? I think not. If I had a choice – I would choose God and whatever He sends. I have been enduring trails, my stomach is presently a little sour, but God is with me. My lot is to reign with Him, even through my trials. It does make you hesitant to eat. It makes you count the cost at least. But where else would I go? Whose will would I want to do? I am yours Lord – to do your bidding and perform your will.