It is apparent that we Malaysians especially in the middle and upper middle class income are over fed! We are on the verge of being an overeating society and yet we strive to avoid those fatal diseases such as diabetes, high-cholesterol, high blood pressure, stroke, heart attack,…….whoa I’m getting frightened!
On Mike’s blog I read about should we pray before we eat? My question is why do we eat? Must we finish all the food on our plate? All this is my personal opinion about food.
I eat to live. If possible I don’t want to eat. Haha. Eating is a necessity. An indication that our body need supplements. We talk about food so much here in this place because food is available at your demand 24 hours. We also make a big deal about how much sleep we must have.
That reminds me I should recommence my selectively vegetarian diet again. What does that mean? I’m going to eat vegetables alone unless I have to eat meat on occasions like when I’m out with people.
Still I am reminded that all our physical nourishment comes from our Father in heaven. When we give thanks, eat everything that is given on your plate whether you like it or not. Don’t waste. But even more important still, God provided for it and it’s rude to just push it aside when its safe to be eaten. We should never eat it only because we like it. I would believe so because when God provided manna for the Israelites, He asked them to take just enough. No wasting right? 
In the same way though, we must never forget that we need spiritual nourishment. We eat food everyday. Do we receive spiritual nourishment everyday? If we don’t have enough, we will certainly look like this!
We have starving Christians today, not only physically but spiritually starving Christians. Is your life overflowing with springs of living water and are we shriveling away?
So when you ask the question, where is my food? And you feel that hunger rumbling in your belly and you can’t wait for the prayers to be done to eat, remember to pray and thank God also for the spiritual nourishment. The good times and the bad times. In all we do GIVE THANKS! Amen! - Then we will look like this!
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