Spiritual Honey

Honey is the only food that does not spoil.

Honey is the only natural food made without destroying any form of life.

Pure ripe honey does not have to be digested before it is absorbed into the bloodstream.

Daily use of honey has been proven to ward off fatigue.

Honey is a safe and gentle laxative.

Honey is good for sore throats and chafed skin

Honey induces the flow of saliva which promotes digestion

Honey as a hair restorer was famous during the middle ages

US News and world report stated that honey had been proven to heal wounds that are difficult to heal especially for diabetic sores.

Honey has been used to prevent osteoporosis

Honey promotes longevity of life

Honey has been used as a hair conditioner, facial cleanser, and an aid to digestion.

The natural healing properties of honey are undisputed.

Let’s talk about spiritual honey

God metaphorically uses natural items to convey spiritual truths

Deuteronomy 32:13

"He made him ride in the heights of the earth, That he might eat the produce of the fields; He made him draw honey from the rock, And oil from the flinty rock;(NKJV)

This verse is referring to Israel and is speaking in future tense about Caanan.

Drawing honey from the Rock

In verse 4 it says ---He is the rock, His work is perfect.

1 Corinthians 10:4

and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.(NKJV)

Not only water coming out of the rock((Christ)) but also honey.

Remember that a crevice opened up in the rock in the wilderness.

When Moses asked to see God’s glory he was placed in the cleft of the rock

when God passed before Him.

Exodus 33:21-22

And the LORD said, "Here is a place by Me, and you shall stand on the rock. So it shall be, while My glory passes by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock, and will cover you with My hand while I pass by.(NKJV)

When Jesus was on the cross and speared in the side water and blood came out.

As a result we have a flow of living water ---Titus 3:5 refers to the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit

Because of His blood we are justified.

Jesus Christ made the perfect sacrifice for sin

In scripture we see both water and honey flowing from the Rock

Sampson took honey out of the carcass of a lion

This illustrates two important points.

First--Jesus is referred to as the Lion from the tribe of Judah

Secondly Satan is referred to as a roaring lion seeking whom He may devour

Satan offers a sweetness but the end result is bitterness---A counterfeit to what God offers.

Let’s define what the honey represents

Psalm 119:103

How sweet are Your words to my taste, Sweeter than honey to my mouth!(NKJV)

The Hebrews word for words here means utterance, speech

There is an inherent flow of sweetness flowing to us as a result of the work of Jesus Christ.

Psalm 34:8 Taste and see that the Lord is good.

1 Corinthians 10:3

And did all eat the same spiritual meat;(KJV)

There is meat in the word but as a healing sweetness.

John 6:63

It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.(NKJV)

John the Baptist a forerunner to Jesus Christ.

Matthew 3:4

And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.(KJV)

Again metaphorically referring to the meat of the word but also indicating a sweetness in it.

Not only feeding the mind but healing to the emotions.

Jesus appears to His disciples after His resurrection

Luke 24:41-43

But while they still did not believe for joy, and marveled, He said to them, "Have you any food here?" So they gave Him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb. And He took it and ate in their presence.(NKJV)

Is this just a coincidence in the word of God or is He trying to illustrate something

Why would it say that He ate fish or meat and honey?

Luke 24:44-45

Then He said to them, "These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me." And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.(NKJV)

The meat and the sweetness is not limited to Logos but also includes Rhema words spoken into the heart of the believer.

There is an inherent sweetness flowing from His redemptive work

Through His words and influence on our hearts.

Why do we have need or this?

David writes in Psalm 41:4

Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.

In this life we receive wounds to our soul from our own actions and the actions of others

Not only does the word of life provide what we need but there is a sweetness refreshing quality to His work in us.

Not only does God speak His Rhema into our heart but He also pours in honey a sweetness that is healing to our souls.

Many times God uses His body, His representatives to pour honey or sweetness into other peoples lives.

A spiritual flow of honey, coming from the only source of sweetness which is God Himself.

Natural honey cannot be manufactured by man and neither can spiritual honey be manufactured by us.

Remember that death and life are in the power of the tongue.

How can we speak life---by speaking His words----because they are spirit and they are life.

We can unknowing cooperate with the demonic realm and speak death promoting words.

When you speak words of life into someone not only is it meat but there is an inherent sweetness that is healing to the soul.

Just as water came from the rock---honey also flows from the rock of Jesus Christ.

Can we be sure of this?

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.(NKJV)

How much honey are you giving out?

Allowing spiritual honey to flow from our lips.

Pleasant nurturing words that are sweet to the soul.

Sweetness to the soul also causes health to the bones since so many ailments are because of soulish issues.

What if we ask God to put honey on our lips.

That God would put words in our mouth, His words that would exhort other people.

Words like honey that would cause a sweetness to their soul, not our own sweetness but spiritual honey flowing into the lives of other people.

The children of Isreal ate manna every day.

Exodus 16:31

And the house of Israel called its name Manna. And it was like white coriander seed, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.(NKJV)

Food but with a sweetness.

It’s interesting that God not only feeds us and sustains us but there is a sweetness a healing quality to our souls.

This next verse is a prophecy concerning Jesus

Isaiah 7:15

Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose

the good.(NKJV)

Some translations say butter but the Old Testament meaning here refers to thick curdled milk

1 Peter 2:2

as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,(NKJV)

Not only the milk or the word but honey----an inherent sweetness

Delight yourself in the Lord----how----because of the inherent sweetness.

We see a sweetness flowing from the Word but also remembering that Jesus Christ was the living word made flesh.