I have a tendency to think, "I was really spiritual a year ago, a few months ago, a couple weeks ago. That should last me for a while. I can slack off on my scripture reading and prayers. I don't need to do it today." And while I'm telling myself that I can feel my spirit dying.
In Sunday School this week we were discussing the story of the Israelites and the Manna and it finally became clear to me what principle Christ was trying to teach by having the manna that they collected the day before become rotten and infested with bugs and worms, thereby forcing them to collect it every day (other than the Sabbath). I have to feed my spirit every day with the Bread of Life, the Everlasting Water, the Words of Christ. I cannot store up spiritual "food", and by not partaking of those things daily my spirit will starve and eventually die. I cannot store my "manna".
