Food for thought…
I went to a cool place the other day; I like to call it the Rock N’ Roll church. I was just reading Romans 14. This is a great chapter in general but looking at 14:19,
Let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another.
Romans 14 talks about the “foods” we eat, what is good and what is not. What we eat and what we don’t, whether we should judge what others eat or not. I wrote this post but am now changing it, because I think it sounded to “judge-E” the way I initially wrote it.
I think what God is trying to say is this…put in your mouth what you want, but do it in a way that edifies (glorifies) God. Don’t do things that will tempt, bring your brother down. If it is going to, just don’t!
So, the question of certain other things like say, puffing up comes up. Well ask, does this serve to PLEASE God or does it serve to please the SELF…if the latter, well you have a problem. If it brings your brother down, you have a problem.
God wants us to do things that bring glory to Him, and help our neighbor. If edifying serves to please one’s neighbor; to please God…it’s ok, because the greatest commandments of all are to love GOD above all else and to love one’s neighbor;
Here’s some other food for thought.
Knowledge. Is it really valuable? Wisdom…what good is it? Really, love is the greatest gift of all; far better to have love than knowledge. For knowledge tells you… “All things are lawful for me,” such as…”all plants are made lawful for my use”…but…remember to ask…do all things edify God? (Or one’s neighbor)…do all things please thy neighbor, in LOVE???
Do they build up your spiritual temple? Or, do they simply please YOU, make YOU feel good, fool you into believing you feel good, are spiritually connected, help you relax…make you forget about love, your purpose…whatever. What are you doing, really?
When you eat the food of “idols”, which can be nothing more than things you crave or need day after day, things that you believe make you the real you, are you gaining true KNOWLEDGE or are you deceiving yourself?
Doesn’t God make you the real you? Are you using Satan’s tool, is he deceiving you into thinking you are using good medicine? Think about it…
Love is natural. Love is God.
This is the question you must answer, to ascertain whether you worship an idol, or follow Satan, or whether you practice the true Word of God. Are you puffing yourself UP with Satan, or with GOD?
I’ve heard a lot of people tell me lately that they “need” certain things for them to really be who they are. Whether that is food, medicine, certain herbs, people or what have you. That’s why I fell on this chapter I think. I believe (that’s just me) that the truth of what we need rests in God, in His Holy Spirit, in the Spirit of Christ.
There is some truth to that. Read Romans 14, see what you think. Just some God food for thought.
That’s today’s food for thought. A lot of holy babble.
1Corinth8…