Monday January 25th, 2021
Memorize: Proverbs 23:20 Good News Translations (GNT)
« Don’t associate with people who drink too much wine or stuff themselves with food. »
Read: Proverbs 23:1-3 International Standard Versions (ISV)
1 Whenever you sit down to dine with a ruler, carefully think about what is before you.
2 Put a knife to your own throat, if you have a big appetite. 3 Don’t crave his delicacies, because the meal is deceptive.
Read: 1 Corinthians 10:31 New International Version (NIV)
« So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God »
Message:
I have often heard people say that you are what you eat.
This is a wise saying because what you eat can affect who you are – both physically and spiritually.
If you eat food that makes your body weak such that you are always lethargic and cannot pray or study your Bible for long hours, your spiritual strength will be low.
If on the other hand, you eat organic and healthy food, not only will your body be strong, you will also soar spiritually because you can spend long hours praying and studying your Bible.
It may interest you to know that the devil also uses food to recruit people into secret societies. That is why it is not expedient to eat at every occasion you attend.
Before you eat anything that is offered to you, whether in public or in private, make sure you pray on it first and ask God for permission.
John 6:11 NKJV says:
« And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them to the disciples and the disciples to those sitting down; and He did the same with the fish, they ate as much as they wanted. »
One day while I was preaching, I saw a woman dash out of the hall and some ushers ran after her. She then was brought to me after the service. She said while I was preaching, her clothes caught fire so she had to run out. Many years before that incident, she had gone to see a white-garment prophet because she had been losing all her children.
Eventually, she met the prophet’s wife who, upon hearing the woman’s problems, gave her a kolanut to eat. From that night, she started finding herself in meetings whenever she slept at night, eating human meat with some other people.
Then it was her turn to provide the meat and she was asked to submit her children – the same ones whose lives she was trying to protect in the first place. We prayed a simple prayer that day and when she got home, she excreted a dead snake. Thus, God rescued her from the deadly kolanut.
Mind what you eat and drink.
Key point: Pray before you eat, drink or even take a snack. Mind what you eat.
Author: Pst E. A. Adeboye.
Text edited by Naomie
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