Many people like both the sweetness and the energy they get from chocolate. Yet British auto technicians have found a surprising use for this sweet food. Scientists at the University of Warwick have built a racecar that runs on vegetable oils and chocolate. The fuel provides energy so that the car can reach top speeds of 135 mph.
The Bible
also records a surprising source of energy from a food. When Elijah had been
used by God on Mt. Carmel to call fire down from heaven, this spiritual high
was followed by persecution and melancholy. In response to Elijah’s depression,
God sent an angel to provide food, drink, and rest for the weary prophet. The
sustaining power of that food from heaven was remarkable: “So he arose, and ate
and drank; and he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights
as far as Horeb, the mountain of God” (1 Kings 19:8).
Just as
we need food to sustain our physical lives, we also need nourishing food for
our spiritual lives. God’s Word is “sweeter . . . than honey and the honeycomb”
(Ps. 19:10)
and feeds our souls. It makes “wise the simple” (v.7) and provides both
nourishment and energy for life’s long journey. Take time to feed on it.
