BBD 09.10.14 Be Careful What You Eat (New)
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The Burning
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09.10.14
Be
Careful What You Eat
But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’” - Matthew
4:4 NKJV.
Moreover He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you find; eat this
scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.” So I opened my mouth, and He
caused me to eat that scroll. And He said to me, “Son of man, feed your belly,
and fill your stomach with this scroll that I give you.” So I ate, and it was
in my mouth like honey in sweetness. Then He said to me: “Son of man, go to the
house of Israel and speak with My words to them. - Ezekiel 3:1-4 NKJV.
Veterinarians
have entered the “They Ate WHAT?!”
contest since 2006 which Veterinary Practice News
says is “to
showcase the humorous situations veterinarians and pet owners can face as well
as the clinical advances available through digital radiography.”
Apparently, all kinds of animals eat all kinds of things and now with
radiography veterinarians can identify and remove what those animals should not
have eaten. The first place winner was a frog which had eaten more than 30
ornamental rocks. The rocks were successfully removed. The second place winner
was a German shorthaired pointer. The dog had eaten a shish kabob skewer and
the vet was able to remove it successfully. The third place winner was a
three-year-old Great Dane that had eaten 43½ socks! The socks were successfully
removed and we have solved the age old question of what happens to the socks
that disappear. 4th place was a bearded dragon that had eaten a toy
banana about the size of a nickel from a Barbie‘s Dream House. Other winners
had eaten a fishing hook, a toy alien figure, a light bulb, five rubber
duckies, nine sewing needles, 104 pennies, closed pocket knife, and Norris, the
rat terrier, ate 14 inches of a bra and bra strap. Norris has been banned from
the laundry room. (Veterinary Practice News 08.27.14;
Orange News 09.08.14)
Of course, we humans have been known to eat weird stuff too. For
example, the woman who confessed to having a habit of eating her own hair after
a ten pound hairball was removed from her stomach. Then there was a woman in
China who after a quarrel with her boyfriend did what anyone would do, she
gobbled down 20 cobblestones! Then there are the inmates in North Carolina who
have been known to swallow batteries and bedsprings to gain a brief freedom
from prison by going to the hospital.
In these days, most of us know how important a good diet can be.
This is also true of spiritual nourishment. Jesus makes it clear in Matthew 4:4 that we need God’s Word just as much as we need any physical food
to live a meaningful life. God tells Ezekiel to eat the “scroll” which contained the words of God and Ezekiel said, “So I ate, and it was in my mouth like honey in
sweetness.” Ezekiel was then
empowered to be the prophet of God delivering God’s message to God’s people.
Spiritually we have a problem with eating the wrong kinds of
things. We read books we know have very little redeeming qualities. We watch
movies, and TV shows, we know are offensive to God, but we watch them anyway.
When we watch things like that, the spiritual strength we have is diminished.
To increase our spiritual strength, we must have a regular diet of God’s Word,
spend time in prayer, and be with God’s people. So, if you have been eating the
wrong things spiritually…stop it!
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