“All the commandment which I command you this day you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to give to your fathers. And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not. And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but that man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD.
Deuteronomy 8:1–3 (RSV)
Luther described the Church as a 'mouth house', a place where the Word is spoken and heard. It is the place where we begin to fulfill the Great Commission our Lord gave as He was about ascend into heaven. We speak the Word, confident that the Holy Spirit will use it to create saving faith.
It is a Word which should be as common in our daily lives as bread. Bread is the symbol for all that we need daily to sustain our physical being. The Word sustains our entire being.
We can physically survive for many days without bread, but our spirit begins to die if we deny it the Word for even a day. The Word not only sustains us, but it is our shield against the assaults of the evil one.
Our Father desires that we have the fulness of life we were created to enjoy. This blessing begins in HIs Word in which we daily dwell. As we attend to the Word, the Spirit is at work opening it in our spirits so we may become strong in the Lord.