This week I’ve been talking to the children about just how harmful deceptive foods are. Proverbs 23:2 tells us we are not to desire the "rich man’s" food; that it is deceptive.
This is a true picture of the standard diet of Americans and most other westernized (American patterned) societies. We truly desire the foods that look good, taste good but are harming our bodies, rather than the cheap, plain, staple foods. I call these harmful "foods" non-foods, as they don’t fit the definition of "food – something we consume that nourishes, maintains and promotes the growth of the body." These deceptive, non-foods do not nourish, do not promote maintenance or growth of the body, but rather harm and tear down the health of the body.
Anyhow, it’s hard for the small children – and most Americans, in our microwave mentally society – to see that something is harmful or killing people if the effects aren’t readily seen right away.
What we sow will be reaped, don’t be deceived. But as every farmer knows, planting time is not harvest time. Yet what you plant will surely, in the fullness of time, come to fruition. You will reap a harvest. If you plant non-foods that don’t promote health, you will not reap health at harvest time. You will, over time reap a harvest of bad health. If you "plant" real foods, that truly nourish the body, it may take some time before you see the results of noticeably changed health. But it will be growing in you. "Planting" foods that nourish rather than non-foods that poison our bodies, makes a big difference in how our bodies operate and hold up. We do reap what we sow, don’t be deceived.
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler [a rich man, the affluent – like Americans – including yourself], consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite [if you see it or think it, you want it, you’ll have it]. Be not desirous of his dainties [processed, refined, rich foods]: for they are deceitful food. Proverbs 23:1-3
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