Eat, Drink, And Do For The Glory Of God

Last night we celebrated a new year! Praise God! A year closer to His promised return!

Many people by now have made New Year's resolutions. Most of these resolutions are to better the body through promises like eating healthier, exercising regularly, reducing stress, engaging in relaxing activities, quitting smoking, quitting alcohol consumption, drinking more water, and so forth. People make these resolutions because they are overweight, out-of-breath at the slightest exercise, sick all the time, and lethargic. To sum it all up, they feel as if they are half dead, or close to the grave.

The Bible says that whatever Christians eat, drink, or do, we eat, drink, and do for the glory of God.

"So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do,

do it all for the glory of God."

1 Corinthians 10:31

Therefore drinking beverages and eating foods that are unhealthy for our bodies and brains is going against God's glory. Yet at almost every church event, especially for children, I see an abundance of food that has very little nutritional value and contains harmful chemicals: soda pops, powdered drinks, cheap hotdog wieners, white bread, processed cheese, processed luncheon meat, chips, cheese curls, pizzas, store-bought cookies, and so on. In other words, garbage! It is sickening! What kind of example are we portraying to these children? Who cares! Just eat whatever you want! If you get a deathly illness, worry about diet then!

I can tell you from experience that when children are given fresh fruits and vegetables, they gobble them up. They are immediately drawn to them. It is like their bodies crave them. It is the same when they are offered pure fruit juices. I have also noticed that when you feed children nothing but junk food, they run around afterwards like maniacs.

As Christian leaders the Bible says that we are to discipline our bodies like athletes, otherwise we disqualify ourselves when we teach and preach the Word of God to others.

"I discipline my body like an athlete,

training it to do what it should.

Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others

I myself might be disqualified."

1 Corinthians 9:27

In other words, if churches feed children unhealthy foods and drinks, they are being poor examples as God's servants, because God commands us to be disciplined by taking care of our bodies.

This year let us resolve to eat, drink, and do all for the glory of God.