Don’t Shop Hungry

Anyone who has gone grocery shopping hungry knows what happens. You come home with a cart full of things that looked good in the moment and don’t actually feed you.

Temptation works the same way. If you walk into your day spiritually empty, you will grab whatever is closest. If you walk in fed, the cravings lose some of their pull.

The psalmist knew this. “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.” He fed on the word ahead of time, before the temptation arrived.

Jeremiah describes it as a meal: “Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart.” Eat before you shop. Spend even a few minutes in Scripture before you face the day, and see what you reach for differently.