I find myself in month 8 on the World Race in Bulgaria and on my last country in Eastern Europe.
This month my team and I have partnered with the lovely John and Jane Goodwin, a married couple from Canada. They are both ordained with the Independent Assemblies of God International, Canada, and have a ministry called Worship With Us. This charity is spent creating opportunities for encounters with God. They are based in Canada and work in the mission field outside their door, teaching, preaching, worshiping, holding conferences, seminars and more. This month my team is living in a small village called Pavlikeni and is helping out with manual labor on their property and ministering with the village children. We hope in a week or so to travel within the country and share the Good News in some churches and villages!
Now, I have spent exactly one week here and I’ve already been taught wisdom from these two. I want to share with y’all something the Lord spoke to me vividly at church yesterday.
As we sat in the local church in the town, the pastor presented us with some local honey as a gift. It was a sweet gesture. Now if you know me, I have a fascination with honey and in the states I would go to the local famers market and sample the different kinds of honey available. I was very excited to try this one because it’s Bulgarian honey!! But I was also eager to try it because ever since I got to Bulgaria, my allergies have been acting up a lot and I know eating a spoonful a day can build up immunity through gradual exposure to the local allergens.
At the service, Jane and John gave a short message on milk and honey and I was on the edge of my seat listening to the analogy.
“How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” – Psalm 119:103
How quite literally sweet and simple is this verse. The Lord desires to give us milk and honey.
Now the Lord compares the Promised Land to milk and honey. The Promised Land to the Israelites was a sign of the abundance, ease, and prosperity.
The milk is symbolism for the milk of the word because the word of God is sweet. And honey in the Bible is seen as a gift and symbol of good health. With milk and honey combined, God is seen providing along the way to their land because honey was most plentiful in areas where their livestock produced the most milk. In these same pastures, rich in greens for grazing, would grow an abundance of flowers for bees. Overall, the Biblical image of milk and honey reflects provision of basic survival needs as the Book of Life represents our ultimate survival tool.
After hearing this message, I was not only craving milk and honey, but craving the symbolism behind these two things. My allergies are the result of relying on my own strength and stubbornness to combat off my trials, when in reality, I need the sweetness of the Word to do this. God’s word and any encounter I have with him is as sweet as honey and I plan on diving in to this promise.
Blessings, Meg
