A Little Lunch Reflection: L’appétit vient en mangeant’ ...

The more Paul learnt about God the more he yearned for more (there are too many 'more' in that statement, hopefully that help to emphasize the point)…We are talking about Paul who wrote most of the New Testament books and yet he was the one caught saying  “I want to know Christ--yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death”  (Philippians 3: 10)

There are times when we feel like we are losing the ‘appetite’ to study God’s words (the Bible) and we tend to pray asking God to revive that appetite in us. It’s important to pray during those situations, but sometimes we simply need to take the step of opening that Bible and journey through it.

The French have a saying which says ‘l’appétit vient en mangeant’ (appetite comes with/when eating). This is very true when it comes to getting into the rhythm of studying the Word of God regularly… The best to start from or get inspiration from will be Psalms 119, longest chapter in the bible but I find it so short every time I read through it. I wish I could come to the place where the author(s) of this chapter was, a place of intense friendship with the Scriptures.

A friend asked me if I am actually learning something in bible school and my answer is “so far theological studies has exposed how much more I need to learn…” We may end up receiving degrees at the end of our bible studies, pastors may end up retiring from active ministry due to age or other valid reasons, but we should never think we have graduated from studying God and His ways neither should we retire from doing so. Sometimes it’s the new born Christian who you ministered to the other day and will come into your long life with Christ and teach you something new about God.

Let’s keep on learning, let’s keep on eating this bread of life.

Bonne appétit!