We are what we eat...

“We are what we eat”; I have heard someone say somewhere and I think it carries with it at least time for a thought. We are told that if we want to keep our bodies in shape we must not starve them but eat small healthy meals regularly. I’ve tried it over the last three days and already I am noticing a difference. If only we would learn these simple valuable lessons that we are taught through the flesh and then convert the principle back into our Spiritual reasoning, when we do, I believe by God’s grace we will see results. It is one think to talk about being overweight and to do nothing about it. A person may moan about their bulk with a greasy hamburger in their hand, but all that will ever achieve is talk and no action, it carries with it the pattern of the hypocrite.

I am aware that my example and its reasoning is all about the flesh and even its reasoning comes from the medical research profession. What then does that have to do with me growing spiritually? We must learn to be sensitive to the lessons receive in our daily walks. That includes our wrongdoing; they are also there to teach us obedience.

I am persuasively encouraged not to walk in the flesh for if I do I will sure die; If I eat unhealthily and only when I am hungry, I will put on unhealthy mass, that ends with my body disproportional and unpleasing to the eye. But is I walk in the Spirit I will live; if I eat regular healthy small meals I will see physical results. If it is then that simple when it comes to our natural bodies, will it be any different in principle spiritually? No! We must put our hand to the plough to see results and probably more importantly for others around us to notice the change as they see the light of Christ shining through. Five small healthy meals a day is a good place to start; It will be of no use if we say to ourselves, this must change in my life because I know that it does not bring honour to my God and Father. So then we look to put it off by starving ourselves and we think we will have the victory, wrong! If we are to put off the “old man” we must with the same action put on the “new man”. This is the area where I make my mistakes and I do not believe I stand alone.

Carry this thought into today, “put off-put on”. Put off sin not through will power of man centered intuition but rather by feeding the Spirit regularly throughout each day. I am speaking of walking in the Spirit; simply put; wake up and eat a meal, by 10 am it is time for a snack, then lunch, at 3pm another snack and finally dinner. These meals must consist of these ingredients and with no preservatives added; prayer, fellowship with the household of God, biblical study through reading and an specific time set aside to remember the shedding of the Lord Jesus’ blood on Calvary for your sins. We must focus on our God’s achievements and on His Gospel as it will take our eyes off ourselves and our failures, we all struggle with something, it is part of God’s design to keep us focus on Him; even the Apostle Paul was given a thorn in the flesh to buffet him so that he did not end up a boaster. It was to keep him humble!

If we stick to God’s diet we will see results!

Now let us prove this theory and now eat breakfast with a beloved brother this morning and witness how when we ponder on his encouragement we find our hope kindled and new life begins to show, “get up and go is now our slogan!”

“Mighty to save.”

- Isa_63:1

“By the words “to save” we understand the whole of the great work of salvation, from the first holy desire onward to complete sanctification. The words are multum in parro: indeed, here is all mercy in one word. Christ is not only “mighty to save” those who repent, but he is able to make men repent. He will carry those to heaven who believe; but he is, moreover, mighty to give men new hearts and to work faith in them. He is mighty to make the man who hates holiness love it, and to constrain the despiser of his name to bend the knee before him. Nay, this is not all the meaning, for the divine power is equally seen in the after-work. The life of a believer is a series of miracles wrought by “the Mighty God.” The bush burns, but is not consumed. He is mighty to keep his people holy after he has made them so, and to preserve them in his fear and love until he consummates their spiritual existence in heaven. Christ’s might doth not lie in making a believer and then leaving him to shift for himself; but he who begins the good work carries it on; he who imparts the first germ of life in the dead soul, prolongs the divine existence, and strengthens it until it bursts asunder every bond of sin, and the soul leaps from earth, perfected in glory. Believer, here is encouragement. Art thou praying for some beloved one? Oh, give not up thy prayers, for Christ is “mighty to save.” You are powerless to reclaim the rebel, but your Lord is Almighty. Lay hold on that mighty arm, and rouse it to put forth its strength. Does your own case trouble you? Fear not, for his strength is sufficient for you. Whether to begin with others, or to carry on the work in you, Jesus is “mighty to save;” the best proof of which lies in the fact that he has saved you. What a thousand mercies that you have not found him mighty to destroy!” (C.H.Spurgeon)

May the peace of God’s Spirit rest upon all who eat from Him, Amen!

Signing off

Tyrone