September 5 – When the Word Becomes Bitter

The Daily Word · Sep 5, 2026 · 8m · transcript

In today’s episode, Pastor Cory Barnes shares a devotion from Revelation 10:8–10, where John is instructed to take a scroll and eat it. The scroll tastes sweet as honey in his mouth but becomes bitter in his stomach. Pastor Cory sees in this unusual picture something familiar about our own experience with God’s Word. We can hear a sermon, read a passage of Scripture, or receive something from the Lord and eagerly embrace what He says. The Word is sweet when we receive it—but sometimes it becomes bitter when we realize that obeying it requires us to actually change. We often want the fruit…