Eat The Scroll / 2026

Receiving God’s Word, Being Transformed, and Living Out His Purpose

This is a second painting regarding Destiny Scrolls. The first painting (see previous blog post) was specifically about the Destiny Scroll God has written for each of us and entrusted to us—the purpose and plans He prepared for us before we were born.

"Eat the Scroll" represents our response to that message.

As I began to research the metaphor, "Eat the scroll", the message was very clear, we don't simply carry a word from God. We allow His Word to work in us first.

One important distinction: Scripture does not tell us that every personal destiny or calling is literally written on a scroll. Rather, the scroll imagery in Ezekiel and Revelation gives us a biblical picture of receiving God's message and accepting the responsibility that comes with it.

When God gives us His Word and a message to carry, we must first allow that Word to transform us. We must take it into our hearts, meditate on it, and live it out. Before we share His message with others, we must allow Him to work in us.

To eat the scroll is to receive God’s Word so deeply that it becomes part of who we are.

In Ezekiel 3:1–3, God told Ezekiel to eat the scroll that He gave him. The scroll contained God’s message for His people. Ezekiel obeyed, and the scroll tasted as sweet as honey.

We see something similar in Revelation 10:8-10, when John was told to eat a little scroll. It tasted sweet in his mouth but became bitter in his stomach. This reminds us that God’s Word can bring sweetness, joy, and encouragement, but it can also carry difficult truths, correction, and messages of judgment. We must receive all of His Word, not only the parts that are easy or comfortable.

God’s Word is meant to do more than give us a message to share. It is meant to change us. It teaches us, corrects us, strengthens us, and helps us grow in His ways.

As I continue to study this, I am taking a deep dive into Scripture with the Holy Spirit, asking Him to reveal the deeper meaning of His Word and how it applies to my life. We must allow His Word to search our hearts continually, renew our minds, and shape our lives. We must be sure we are doers of the Word, not hearers only.

Eat the scroll. Receive His Word. Be transformed by it. Then share what He has placed within you.

Scriptures:

Ezekiel 3:1–3 — Eat the scroll

God told Ezekiel to eat the scroll before going to speak to His people. The Word had to be received before the message could be delivered.

Key thought: Receive God's message into your own life first.

2. Jeremiah 15:16 — His Word becomes joy

Jeremiah said he found God's words and ate them, and they became the joy and rejoicing of his heart.

Key thought: God's Word becomes nourishment for our hearts.

3. Psalm 119:103 — Sweeter than honey

God's words are described as sweeter than honey to the mouth.

Key thought: There is sweetness in knowing and receiving God's truth.

4. Joshua 1:8 — Meditate on His Word

God instructed Joshua to meditate on His Word day and night and to be careful to obey it.

Key thought: God's Word is meant to shape how we live.

5. James 1:22–25 — Be doers of the Word

James teaches us not to be hearers only, but to put God's Word into practice.

Key thought: Transformation is revealed through obedience.

6. 2 Timothy 3:16–17 — Equipped for His purpose

All Scripture is God-breathed and useful for teaching, correction, and training in righteousness, equipping us for every good work.

Key thought: His Word prepares us for what He calls us to do.

7. Romans 12:2 — Be transformed

Paul calls believers to be transformed by the renewing of their minds.

Key thought: As God's truth changes our thinking, it changes how we live.

8. Revelation 10:8–10 — Sweet and bitter

John ate the little scroll. It was sweet in his mouth but bitter in his stomach, illustrating that God's message can contain both sweetness and difficult truths.

Key thought: We must be willing to receive the whole counsel of God.

Lord, before I speak Your Word, let it speak to me. Before I carry Your message, let it change me. Before I fulfill what You have called me to do, prepare my heart to walk in Your truth.

Blessings!

Toni

Eat The Scroll - 2026

Mixed Media Collage on Wood Panel

12" X 16" X 2"