Do we chew the spiritual “cud”?

Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
	Leviticus 11:3
The Jews were allowed to eat those animals that had a divided hoof and chewed their cud. In other words, cleanliness was determined by how an animal walked and how it ate. The question for us is obvious. Is there a “dividedness” in our walk? Are we separated from the world, or do we walk like everyone around us? We are new creatures in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17). Is there a difference in our walk? There should to be. Second, do we chew the spiritual “cud”? Just as a cow constantly chews and re-chews its food, we are to chew and re-chew the Word, think it through, pray it in, extract from it every nutrient to feed our inner man. No wonder the Hebrew word for chewing the cud is essentially the same word translated “meditation.” 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 We get to meditate on the Word. We get to look in the book. We get to think it through once more. And as we do, we’ll have good success; we’ll be healthy; we’ll be clean. Pastor Jon Courson