Proverbs 27:7 The full soul loathes an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. It is a great blessing when food and appetite meet together. Sometimes men have been so luxuriously fed that appetite has departed from them altogether. The rules which apply to bodily appetite equally hold true of the mind. We easily lose our taste for anything of which we have our fill. Men in the things of God have not always an appetite for the sweetest and most precious truth. I. JESUS CHRIST IS HIMSELF SWEETER THAN THE HONEYCOMB. This is clear if we consider who He is, and what He gives and does. Our Lord is the incarnation of Divine love. The love of God is sweet, and Jesus is that love made manifest. Jesus is in Himself the embodiment of boundless mercy to sinners as well as love to creatures. Jesus must be sweet, for He meets all our wants as sinners. He breathes into our hearts the sweetness of abounding peace. His very name is redolent of celestial hope to believers. Jesus is sweet to God Himself, and to the angels in heaven. It is His presence that makes heaven what it is. II. THERE ARE THOSE WHO LOATHE THE SWEETNESS OF OUR LORD. Some loathe Him so as to trample on Him. Others are always murmuring at Him. Some are utterly indifferent to Him. The loathing manifests itself by little signs. It comes of a soul's being full — of the world; of outward religiousness; or of pride. III. THERE ARE SOME WHO DO APPRECIATE THE SWEETNESS OF CHRIST. Pray for a good appetite for Christ, and when you have it, keep it. Do not waste a good appetite upon anything less sweet than the true honeycomb. When you have the appetite, indulge it. ( C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.WEB: A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet. |
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