In Scriptures, food always begins
as a gift from heaven. Eating is good. It is not idolatry to enjoy a great
meal. The problem comes when we start to look to food to do for us what the
Lord God alone should. When food becomes our source of comfort we have
exchanged God for the idol of food. Or if we have a hunger for more and more so
that we become consumed with consuming, God has been removed from the throne of
our hearts. Listen to what Jesus suggests:
"Do not work for food
that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man
will give you. On him God the Father has placed his seal of approval…Then Jesus
declared, 'I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and
he who believes in me will never be thirsty.'" John 6:27, 35
Jesus wants us to have a
great passion for filling our souls than we do for filling our stomachs. Jesus
can fill and nourish better than empty carbs and sugars. When we come to Jesus
looking for something to eat, he offers himself. Is he enough?
Consider these questions:
Do you eat more for pleasure
or nourishment?
When and why do you
overindulge?
Would you be willing to
fast? (One of the easiest ways to gauge the power that the god of food has over
you is to fast—not to diet but to rely fully on God)
Meditate on these verses:
“Therefore I tell you, do
not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what
you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more
important than clothes?"
Matthew 6:25
"Blessed are those who
hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled." Matthew 5:6
