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And He (God) humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord (YHWH).
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Today’s verse is the very one that Jesus Himself quoted when after fasting for forty days and forty nights in the wilderness, He then became hungry and was being tempted by that old devil. {Mat.4:4} Hunger is what you might reasonably expect after not eating for forty days. Unless…

The disciples were concerned at one point as they were with the Lord and were asking Him to eat, He said “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” He continued and said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to accomplish His work.” {Jn.4:32,34} A hearty and satisfying meal indeed and one that is always available.

In today’s verse it is clear that God wants us to know that we live because of the Word of God! In order for us to truly understand—to KNOW—that all important truth you have to know what “know” means! (What?) The Hebrew word is yâda’ and it means to intimately know, to truly understand. The Bible (if you have a version that does not change words to make them more acceptable to narrow minds) clearly says that Adam knew (yâda’} Eve and she conceived and bore a son. {Gen.4:1}

A woman does not get pregnant because she sleeps with a man—that requires an intimacy not achieved while snoring! And it is also quite true that I know many, many women but have only known one intimately, my lovely wife Alice, a godly woman indeed and a gift from the Lord. I hope this is not getting too ‘earthy’ for you. Actually it is about being heavenly minded. Remember, the Song of Songs is a book of the bible given to us by the Holy Spirit spoke from God—and one rarely preached or taught from! Take a break for a moment and read Song 4:9 for example—“You have made my heart beat faster, my sister, my bride; You have made my heart beat faster with a single glance of your eyes, with a single strand of your necklace.” {Sng.4:9}

To fully and truly understand love we have to know that if we do not love our brothers and sisters in the Lord who we can see, we cannot love God who we have not seen. {1Jn.4:20} Is that an intimate love? It is surely far more than a handshake or a ‘how do you do’ at the close of a large church Sunday service! We should know many of those brothers and sisters (remember that Christianity is a family affair) and know if they are in need and can respond by blessing them as the Spirit leads. {1Jn.3:17}

That is the Word of God, our necessary food, reminding us that we have nothing that we have not received from Him. It is all about love, and we know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. {1Jn.3:16} It will certainly fill your heart!

So I join Paul in praying:
“that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man; so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.” (Ephesians 3:16-19)
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