Hungering For
God’s Word
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by Ling Pui Yeong
Man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. – Deuteronomy 8:3 (cf. Matthew 4:4)
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hen God spoke these words through Moses to the wandering Israelites, when Jesus later quoted them directly to rebuke the devil, did He actually mean what He said? Does man actually need God’s Word to live? We all know what hunger feels like. It’s an unpleasant sensation that tells us we need to eat, so that we are sustained and go on living. But there is another kind of motivation to eat, and that is simply good food. When we enjoy and even love certain kinds of foods (think icecream), we don’t need an empty stomach to remind us to eat. We just go, grab it, and eat because it is so delicious and THE CANADIAN LUTHERAN July/August 2021
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