Spiritual Food Belongs in the Heart

Spiritual nourishment cannot be seen purely in our outward behavior. The process of sanctification is a deeply internal process. Outside growth is merely a symptom, and acting better does not mean our souls have been fed. Dane C. Ortlund came up with a metaphor to demonstrate the nature of spiritual nourishment.

Think of how we grow physically. I don’t ask my six-year-old daughter, Chloe, to take her lunch and smear it all over her body. I tell her to eat it. The food needs to get inside her, not remain on the outside. One of the great mistakes made generation after…