Last month my family went on vacation to Glacier National Park in Montana. It is a beautiful national park, and we explored it via hiking. We did mostly short hikes, but we decided to do one long 10.5 mile hike to Iceberg Lake. The hike up to the lake went fine, but I had a really difficult time hiking back down in the afternoon. It was hot outside, my legs were tired, and to make matters worse I twisted my ankle with more than three miles remaining in our hike. Every step was painful. I was hot. I was dirty. And I just wanted to be done. I had no choice but to finish the hike, so I decided I needed to find a way to motivate myself. So I envisioned the ice cream I was going to reward myself with when I completed the hike. With each step I focused on that ice cream, longing for it, using that image to push myself forward. I thought about the ice cream, talked about it with my husband and son, and imagined how it would refresh me after this hot hike. It worked—I eventually made it down the mountain and to my ice cream. Ice cream is a good motivator for me, because I love ice cream. I crave it when I do not have it, and I obsess over getting it. However, it is not what the Bible says we should crave. This lesson’s passage talks about something we should crave: the Word of God. The Word of God grants us life and sustenance, and it brings joy, encouragement, and peace to our lives. By reading it and meditating on it, we grow in our relationship with God. Enjoy your time studying God’s Word this week, knowing that by doing so, you are growing in your knowledge and experience with God.