Honey = a sweet food made by bees using nectar from flowers; something that is very good
But I said to you, “You will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am the Lord your God, who has set you apart from the nations.
They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit.
If the Lord is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us.
Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you.
Deuteronomy 8:7-9 (NIV)
7 For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills; 8 a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey; 9 a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills.
Look down from heaven, your holy dwelling place, and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us as you promised on oath to our ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.”
Psalm 19:9-11 (NIV)
9 The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The decrees of the Lord are firm,
and all of them are righteous.
10 They are more precious than gold,
than much pure gold;
they are sweeter than honey,
than honey from the honeycomb.
11 By them your servant is warned;
in keeping them there is great reward.
How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Proverbs 24:13-14 (NIV) Saying 26
13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good;
honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.
14 Know also that wisdom is like honey for you:
If you find it, there is a future hope for you,
and your hope will not be cut off.
Then I will fulfill the oath I swore to your ancestors, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey’—the land you possess today.” I answered, “Amen, Lord.”
Then he said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it.” So I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth.
Revelation 10:8-10 (NIV)
8 Then 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.”
9 So 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.’” 10 I 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.
Thank You, O Father God, for Your honey, Your provision, Your love. Sweet in my mouth, my heart, my life are You, O Lord God. Honey. May Your sweetness, Father, flavor my life.
Set apart
Here is its fruit
Promised
Great reward
Sweet
Healing
Wisdom
Sweeter than honey
Full of hope
Inheritance
Fulfill the oath
The Lord is pleased with us
Oh, Lord. Your Holy Words speak truth. Your truth, Father. May we look to You and Your Word. Sweet as honey are Your precious Words in our mouth, O Lord. Filled with Your love. Wisdom. Prophesy. Fulfillment. Hope.
In Jesus name. Amen