Question:
“Where hast thou gleaned today?” (Ruth 2:19). How can we apply this Bible question to our lives?

Answer:
How much of the Word have we gleaned today? “Thy Words were found, and I did eat them; and Thy Word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart” (Jeremiah 15:16).

When we eat something it becomes a part of our body, and the Word should mean everything to us, and it should be seen in our lives. “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success” (Joshua 1:8). To mediate is to chew upon as a cow chews its food. We should have a deep desire for God, and desire the Word of God “more than my necessary food” (Job 23:12). Our souls need spiritual food more than our body needs physical food. “If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious,” we will be like a newborn babe and “desire the sincere milk of the Word, that ye may grow thereby” (1 Peter 2:3,2). The more we are in the Word the more we will want to be in the Word. If we are in the Word we will know what is bad for us, and what won’t agree with us.