According to a recent Gallup poll, Americans spend, on average, over $7800 annually on food. We love to BBQ, fondue, saute, boil, and broil.
Three meals a day. Then there are the between meal snacks. Occasionally a midmorning doughnut at work. Microwave popcorn with some late night television.
Americans love their food. In fact we have an entire television network dedicated to the subject. Guy Fieri will teach us about Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. The pioneer woman, Ree Drummond, will share her "special brand of home cooking, from throw-together suppers to elegant celebrations." Giada De Laurentiis "shares her love for entertaining California-style."
Contrast this food mania with these verses from the fourth chapter of John's gospel.
31 Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” 32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” 33 So the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?” 34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
John 4:31-34 (ESV)
Obviously Jesus ate and drank, just as we have to in order to survive, but is doing God's will each day as important to us as food? Do we plan our spiritual day like we plan the next trip to the grocery store? Each week shopping lists around the country are jotted down on Post-it notes, scrap paper, and note pads.
Three meals a day- minimum. How about three prayer times a day? Coffee breaks. How about a Bible verse break?
Food is a necessary part of life. Doing God's will each minute of each day should be even more important to His Followers.
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