Philippians 3:18-19
King James Version
18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often,
and now tell you even weeping,
that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
19 Whose end is destruction,
whose God is their belly,
and whose glory is in their shame,
who mind earthly things.)
You will never hear JESUS glorifying food.
He doesn't have to.
And it's not in His nature to do so.
He is beyond, and above man's food.
He is TRUE sustenance.
He is the BREAD of LIFE.
John 6:35
King James Version
35 And Jesus said unto them,
I am the bread of life:
he that cometh to me shall never hunger;
and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
In JESUS, we live.
He satisfies every basic need.
Which is what, anyway?
Salvation, first of all.
The rest, our physical sustenance.
And some basic essentials.
A roof over our heads.
Some food to tide us over.
A family that, ideally, loves us.
Work that serves the LORD.
Good health for all the people in the world.
Freedom from oppression for everyone.
Some income to sustain us, and our families.
And yet, I look to the world, and it isn't so
It's amazing how the world is fixated on the 7 Fs.
Man is fixated on food, face, flesh, form, fame, fine clothes, and fortune.
Do those really matter?
Would those be good for our soul?
Will we need it where we're all going?
We really have to stop this obsession with worldly stuff.
Perhaps, it's my training from childhood.
To make do with what you have.
Not to aspire for luxury.
Work, through honest means.
When GOD made me born again, all those things made sense.
I was prepared, and attuned, for simplicity.
Look at the state of the world today.
So many industries were birthed.
All focusing on food.
Social media made it worse.
Now, everyone can post their favorite food.
They can share, or boast, about the trending food places they've visited.
And you gawk at the abundance of food and partying.
It's like there's no end to it.
Everyone's trying to outdo the other.
Then I remember many people who have nothing to eat.
Or people oppressed in many societies.
We also witness uneaten food ending up in the garbage.
I honestly, honestly believe no one need starve.
There's so much food everywhere!
We just have to have the heart to share with others.
Probably, the only time people don't post, is when they're in the bathroom.
But surely, people also check their phones while in the bathroom.
Do we have to "document" everything we eat, buy, or do?
It's a selfish, narcissistic society, all right.
Not a healthy society, for sure.
A society that will perish.
People have forgotten GOD.
Or if they remember, they have relegated the "Father of lights" in some dark corner of their soul.
We have no idea what we're doing.
We gorge on food, and skimp on GOD.
We have become a world of gluttons.
With diseases hot on our heels, because of greed, vanity, and insatiable appetites.
What a terrible, demonic world we have.
Lose that fixation on food.
JESUS has already given the command:
Mark 1:15
15 And saying,
The time is fulfilled,
and the kingdom of God is at hand:
repent ye,
and believe the gospel.
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