On Lapping The Word

UV 424-10,000 On Lapping The Word Judges 7 v 5 " So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the Lord told him," Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel down to drink." Once the Lord said, " you are like a dog that laps My Word like a dog laps milk. ". The image can be understood when we visualise a dog drinking milk from a vessel and a dog drinking water. The dog that drinks the milk laps it up with a lot of joy and gusto till it laps up the last drop while the dog that drinks the water will move away after licking the surface of the water a few times. Even the dog knows that the milk is precious, valuable and rare while water is copious and easily obtainable. The Lord helped Gideon to sift and sort the volunteer troops by the manner in which they drank the water. Similarly, we can today sift and sort teams by the manner in which they deal with the Word of God. Are they superficial and lukewarm in their attitude and intake of the Word or are they eager and enthusiastic? I often pray Lord " Lord please sift and sort the leaders and teachers of the church and in the world.". Leaders should be firebrand like Gideon's troops. We should be torches of "Holy Spirit fire" within the earthen pots that are our bodies. Prateep V Philip