Read the Bible: Reason #1 - Eating God’s Word fills your heart with joy.
Jeremiah is known as the weeping prophet, and for good reason. His message was often laced with words of distress and grief. As a prophet he was required to give God’s people God’s message and the message was usually negative-words of judgment. However, there are several breaks in those clouds. One such break has to do with God’s Word. “Your words were found and I ate them, And Your words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; For I have been called by Your name, O LORD God of hosts” (Jeremiah 15:16). God’s Words were a joy to Jeremiah. His delight in life was not determined by the circumstances surrounding him. For t he circumstances were certainly dire! People hated Jeremiah for the Words he spoke for God. He was standing on the brink of national destruction and his heart ached for His land. But in the darkness he found a great joy in eating God's Word. To this day there ...