Revelation 10:8-11

8Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me once more: “Go, take
the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and
on the land.”
9So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to
me, “Take it and eat it. It will turn your stomach sour, but in your mouth it will
be as sweet as honey.” 10I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it.
It tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach
turned sour. 11Then I was told, “You must prophesy again about many peoples,
nations, languages and kings.”

Meditation
1. John is told to eat the book. Eating a book means that one takes it all in,
assimilating it into one’s body. Witnesses must first become what they say
before they say it. Am I assimilating God’s word so that I can be a speaker
on His behalf?
2. Every witness experiences the opposite sensations of sweetness and
bitterness. The Word is sweet because it is from God; a bitter feeling will
linger when it is rejected by others. What are some of my recent experiences
with God’s word?
3. Recount some of my sweet moments and the bitterness I experience when
my witness is being rejected. Sit quietly before God and continue to linger
for a few minutes at the situations the Holy Spirit brings to mind.

Personal Note:
I feel delighted when some brothers and sisters are responding to our invitations for discipleship and follow up.  I feel somewhat rejected when people are not responding to God's Words.