TUESDAY - 29TH JUNE,2021
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
NECESSARY FOOD
Job 23:12,NLT
"Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
This Bible passage has two things in itself that we must examine. One again is the word of God's mouth while another is the necessary food. We've seen before that we're not saying food is unimportant. It is a thing that we can't do without. The core reason why Job referred to it as necessary. Food has relevance and crucial value. Is there anyone of us who can survive and actually live on without food at all? Men of God, though they're notorious for fasting and going on long one; yet we know it's for a season. Food is called necessary there because it's a thing we can't do without. Elijah was fed twice before his forty days fasting so his health doesn't fail (I Kings 19:5-8). Jesus after His own forty days fast was hungry and though He didn't yield to Satan's temptation to turn stones to bread yet we know would have taken physical food later.
So we don't get in trouble, don't say one man of God says you shouldn't eat. Even Jesus didn't say so. However, He ranked the words from God's mouth above food. That doesn't nullify the truth that food is still a necessary thing. So, if it's necessary, it is. You will need it for energy to go about your daily business. All of us knows that anyone who hasn't eaten can't involve himself in rational thinking. To lift the slightest weight would be impossible when one is thus without food and off course the fellow would soon die off the earth if in that foodless state continues.
If God isn't giving any priority to food, it wouldn't have reflected in these scriptures.
Psalms 34:10,NLT
"Even strong young lions sometimes go hungry, but those who trust in the Lord will lack no good thing.
103:5,KJV
"Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things,so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's." Psalm
"The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want." Psalm 23:1,KJV
These portions of the Bible confirmed further how the importance subject of feeding, nutrition and nourishment of oneself is important. God doesn't want us to be unfortunate children who at the end of the day will be disposed to diseases, early death and constant weakness/exhaustion because there is no proper and balanced feeding.
Even when Daniel purposed not to defile himself with the king's rich food, it didn't mean he didn't eat at all. Only that the portion he took was different.
Daniel 1:8,NLT
"But Daniel was determined not to defile himself by eating the food and wine given to them by the king. He asked the chief of staff for permission not to eat these unacceptable foods."
Despite that and with the favour he had with that eunuch, look at what the eunuch insists on.
Daniel 1:10,NLT
"But he responded, “I am afraid of my Lord the king, who has ordered that you eat this food and wine. If you become pale and thin compared to the other youths your age, I am afraid the king will have me beheaded.”
At the end, Daniel reached a compromise of being fed with pulse and ordinary water by him. So, he also ate something.
Our survival on this earth is based on feeding and adequate feeding though we know that living the kingdom lifestyle will demand we survive on words from God's mouth too which is the most important feeding.
God is symbolic of Nebuchadnezzar referenced here. He doesn't want us to be worst in stature than even the unbelievers who are our mates. That will deny His being Yahweh Jireh. God is committed to our total wellbeing. He keeps speaking of growth and stature without neglecting wisdom often. (Luke 1:80,2:40, Judges 13:24).
So, no growth happens without feeding. Even John the Baptist was reputed to have fed on locusts and wild honey (Matthew 3:4). If all these men lived on food, then you will too. Our first survival is on that though there's a word from God's mouth you must esteem.
PRAYER: Wisdom and provision to feed well, and for strength, I receive.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Kings 13:1-14:29, Acts 18:23-19:12, Psalm 146:1-10, Proverbs 18:2-3
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