Matt. 4:4- But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
When the enemy came to mankind through the serpent, he knew what his mission would be. In order to be successful with his deceitfulness, he would need to cast doubt in the minds of humanity concerning God’s Word to them (Gen. 3). God told us, “Thou shalt surely die.” The enemy changed it to, “Ye shall not surely die.” This ever so slight change, speaking from a grammatical standpoint, brought about 6,000 years of dealing with sin and its co-conspirtors, death and the devil. Our spiritual well-being became severely compromised. Then Jesus came to save man from the dreaded virus called sin, and to give us the Holy Spirit to revive our spirits within.
Almost all of us give a lot of attention to our outer appearance. Billions of dollars are spent, collectively of course, to keep our outward man looking good. Plastic surgery, nipping, tucking, and cutting, working out, some spare no expense as it concerns their physical beings. Christians included. Yet it is the inner man that is usually being starved or dying of dehydration. This should not be! Furthermore, to groom the inner man take no money at all. Howbeit it will take the time and effort of getting into the Word of God, and praying the same Word of God in faith. This will be time well spent. Really, our spirit man cannot survive nor wage spiritual warfare without having the Word of God that was rejected in the Garden of Eden. As milk does the body good, so does the Word of God secure our spiritual well-being. So, ask yourself a question: Do I take care of my physical being better than my spiritual being?