The first question of the serpent that brought the first sin into the world was concerned with food. Often, our concern and care for material things hampers our spiritual welfare.
There was no reason for the woman to let the devil start this topic on food because God had provided them with food in abundance. Many people are worried about things for which God has already planned and provided. “Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink … for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things” (Matt 6:25,32). The rich man in the story of the Rich Man and Lazarus fared sumptuously every day but he went to hell, and there he was starving without even a drop of water.
The first temptation of Jesus after His forty days of fasting was also concerning food. The devil said to Jesus, “If Thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread” (Matt 4:3). Jesus overcame the trial with the Word of God by saying, “It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”
Dear child of God, do not lust for any kind of food. Let not your belly become your God.
There was no reason for the woman to let the devil start this topic on food because God had provided them with food in abundance. Many people are worried about things for which God has already planned and provided. “Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink … for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things” (Matt 6:25,32). The rich man in the story of the Rich Man and Lazarus fared sumptuously every day but he went to hell, and there he was starving without even a drop of water.
The first temptation of Jesus after His forty days of fasting was also concerning food. The devil said to Jesus, “If Thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread” (Matt 4:3). Jesus overcame the trial with the Word of God by saying, “It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”
Dear child of God, do not lust for any kind of food. Let not your belly become your God.
– Taken from Morning Manna – Thoughts for Daily Devotion
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