Do We Have Food to Give in Due Season?

“Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” . The church of God truly needs faithful men and women who have this nourishing food from the mouth of God to give in due season. When we ourselves live by the word of God, we have something life-giving to share. Real help is present only when we are a fragrance of Christ among those we have been placed together with. Who is sufficient for these things, Paul asks in .

When we take heed to ourselves and to the doctrine, and continue in them, we will save both ourselves and those who hear us. . My contact with the Head, Christ, is vital both for myself and for those I wish to be of help to. When my focus revolves around all sorts of things and circumstances, the result is only stress and unrest. But when I take heed to myself and to the doctrine, I am enabled to bring food in due season through obedience to the promptings of the Spirit.

The spiritual hosts of wickedness are at work as never before to draw attention away from the word of God. It is no wonder that the spiritual hosts of wickedness work in this way, since the word of God is the very solution to all the problems of the world.

Paul therefore exhorts us to be strong in the Lord. “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.” . Among the essential parts of the whole armor of God that we must put on are the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. . It is futile to believe that I can take on the spiritual hosts of wickedness without the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit.

When the sword, which is the word of God, is allowed to judge the thoughts and intents of the heart in our own lives, we truly have something to share with those around us in due season. The due season is not necessarily at set meeting times or when it suits me, but when the individual needs my help. Through obedience to the promptings of the Spirit, I am guided in this.

Watch therefore, for we do not know what day the Lord is coming. Who is the faithful and wise servant who is able to give the household their food in due season? Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing. . So it is a blessed state to be in—always ready to give nourishment to those in need, at the cost of my own self-life. My personal need, then, is that I continue taking heed to myself and to the doctrine.

Kjell Sandersen