Nourishment

Col 2:19-23

The passage may be compared to eating of food. Do you eat for flavor only, or for nourishment? Some foods have little nourishment, but taste good; others have a lot of nourishment, but the flavor is lacking. The Word of God has both! Let the Word nourish you (1 Peter 2:2), it tends to your growth.

Be increased with the increase of God. (Col. 2:19) Some die of malnutrition, while others thrive on nutrition, it is entirely up to you which one affects you. Don’t fall for the delicacies of the world (Col. 2:8), but rather seek the food of God. (Heb. 5:14)
Sometimes the dessert is not too nourishing, it is all “fluff”, but if we get the nourishment first, we can also enjoy the dessert. In the Word of God, seek the nourishment, then enjoy the dessert! There is much delectable dessert to be had, but first you need to “clean your plate” of the nourishing food. Seek the things that edify the body, and glorify the Father, then enjoy the “tasty” desserts; it is all there at the table, we must feed ourselves from it. One does not live on dessert alone, the sweetness would be his demise, but he can live on the meat, and the milk, and do well in this life; the strength is in the nourishing.
Be careful too of allowing the church service to be your entire diet. We all need to learn to feed ourselves eventually. If you are not getting “fed” from the preaching, get the nourishment you need from personal Bible study, that is where the “strong meat” comes from. Feed thyself that ye may be able to feed others.