Food For The Soul

Here we are on the cusp of a new year. 2014 is less than two days away. It is time to take stock of  2013 and decide what leaves to turn over as we kick off a brand new year. The number one resolution will likely have to do with weight. Time to get serious about what we eat. 

I have to agree, most of us do not eat in a healthy manner and consequently are over-weight, under-fit and out of shape (unless we count round as a shape).  Resolving (making a firm decision) to eat better is probably a good idea for most of us and is an important decision to make (even more important to carry it out).

However, the food we eat - it's amount and it's quality - will have only a very limited impact on us, it's effect does not last long as it merely "...enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body..." (Matt 15:17).   At best, if we are very consistent, it only lasts a lifetime. 

Well duh, isn't that the point. It may be the point but it isn't a very sharp one as a lifetime is little more than a blip on a radar screen compared to the eternity to follow for which a diet designed by the best dietitians on earth will have zero impact,

Knowing this truth, Jesus told his disciples, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”  (John 4:32).  “My food, isto do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work" (John 4:33).  A change in this diet can have eternal consequences and, as an aside, can bring about a change in what foods and how much we put in our mouths. 

Go ahead and resolve to eat less calories, less fat, more protein, more organic, less MSG or whatever you have decide is best for you, just be sure to resolve to include a soul-nourishing, daily ration of the Word and Will of God.   Jus' Sayn.