A man without Christ was able to eat his way into health. He knew that faith in God surpasses what he eats.
“Test your servants for ten days; let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink. Then let our appearance and the appearance of the youths who eat the king's food be observed by you, and deal with your servants according to what you see.” So he listened to them in this matter, and tested them for ten days. At the end of ten days it was seen that they were better in appearance and fatter in flesh than all the youths who ate the king's food. - Daniel 1:12-15
The king's food during the Babylonian period was likely unclean according to the Law of Moses. One of the reasons the Law was given to the Jews is to set apart the nation of Israel from all other nations; to reveal the holiness of God.
Daniel was resolved to keep the Law (Daniel 1:8) by not eating the king's food. He put his faith in God, trusting that by eating vegetables, he and his friends would appear stronger, healthier and 'fatter in flesh' than all others.
The word 'fatter' in Hebrew means 'fat, or plump and healthier'. In the ancient Hebrew culture, fatness was a sign of blessing and prosperity. It was the mark of divine favour. Fattened animals were always selected to be offered to the Lord as offerings.
In the natural, if you only eat the 'seed of the ground' aka vegetables, you will not be fattened. Unless you are a cow.
But Daniel, by entrusting himself to God, walked in the supernatural at the end of 10 days. He didn't let what he ate affect his body. He let faith in God affect his body.
We are talking about a man without Christ. Today, you and I are in a far more superior covenant because of Christ. Avoiding this food and that food, getting obsessed with supplements and fearful of preservatives can only do this much to your body. In fact, it can make your body worse if the motivation is fear. Because fear always steals, kills and destroys.
Everything can be eaten when we eat in faith, entrusting ourselves to God. Because our body was bought at a price (1 Cor 6:20). It's not what you eat that defiles you (Matt 15:11; Christ came); every food can be good (1 Tim 4:4); preservatives cannot hurt you (Luke 10:19). God has all these covered, knowing the fallen world (1 John 4:4; 5:4).
I know alot of us experience the negative effects of eating unhealthily as we grow older. This is because our mind has been subconsciously filled with that idea given by older people and medical personnel. But your experience cannot change the Word. So it's better to let the Word change your experience by renewing your mind.
Therefore, the rule of the thumb is this:
If you cannot eat in faith, avoid it.
If you can eat in faith, eat it.
Your health doesn't come by you eating or not eating, but by faith in Him.
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