1) It is sweet.
2) Takes work to chew (thus tapping into even more sweetness), which leads to smacking.
3) When a bubble is blown, all who look will take notice by the size of the bubble and loud pop.
When comparing this analogy to the Bible, I can see how these parallels might add up:
A) The word of God is sweet to those who eat it.
B) It gets sweeter with each bite to the point of making noises.
C) When you can no longer attain it in your mouth, a big bubble is the result, ending in a loud pop which announces to all who sees and hears that you are indeed chewing a piece of bubble gum.
Scriptures also confirm these parallels:
-In the biblical praise acrostic, the psalmist describes to music the sweetness of God’s word. He states “How sweet are Your words to my taste, Sweeter than honey to my mouth!” Psalm 119:103 -When I think of chewing, what comes to mind is a cow chewing on its cud. Maybe not a pleasant thought to some, but in regards to the bible, chewing and meditating is equivalent.
In Psalm 119:15, the Psalmist expresses the focus on chewing on God’s word and says, “I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on Your ways.” The Hebrew word for meditate is sē'·akh ( שיח ) which means to muse, ponder, mutter, consider. Because of the rich sweetness, this biblical meditation requires noise. Much like a delicious meal, the mouth cannot be contained to silence. When a person reads God’s word, their heart is moved and will respond with emotions. Emotions require thoughts of meditations. And meditations of the mind are hard to contain so the mouth reacts by mutter, verbal mulling over, praise and song. This is spiritual “bubble gum smacking”.
Finally, Psalm 96 was written to declare the glory of God. Verse 3 says “Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all the peoples!” By speaking God’s word to others, it is similar to blowing a bubble for all to see. One might not know if you are chewing bubble gum unless perhaps they happen to be close by you. However, if you were across the room blowing a bubble, one could see that bubble from all the way across the room or even further.
While I check my purse to see if there is a piece of bubble gum left at the bottom, my greatest prayer is that we all have a strong eagerness, compelling us to strive towards the God in a richness to overflowing like never before.
MY PRAYER
1) Tasting the sweetness of God’s word (Read it daily)2) Meditating over it (Memorize, sing, praise)
3) Declaring it for all to see, hear and know (Share the love of Jesus with all)
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