Fearfully And Wonderfully Made – The Saturday Morning Post

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Today’s Passage – Daniel 1 – 3 (Click on the references to listen to the audio – click here to view the text from the Blue Letter Bible website)

(Second Milers also read – Titus 1 – 3; Psalms 71 – 75; Proverbs 15)

Read the “0915 Evening and Morning” devotion for today, by the late Charles Haddon Spurgeon.

And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king. Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king’s meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants. So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days. And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king’s meat. Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.” (Daniel 1:10-16)

King David told the Lord…

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.” (Psalm 139:14)

Good morning. Did you know that you need to put premium gas in a Mini Cooper or the engine will knock and not run smooth? Don’t put jet fuel in your car either. Jet fuel is like Kerosene, you may be able to run it in your diesel (not recommended due to less lubrication for your engine) but in your car it will cause your motor to stall. If I fuel my body with the wrong kind of food, it also will not run right. I know this from experience. Should I try pulse? Pulse, zeronim, are edible “seeds” or grain of any kind: barley, wheat, millet, vetches. Leguminous seeds roasted are still used in the East. People, animals, creeping things, and every living thing were all to eat herbs and seeds.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.” (Genesis 1:27-30)

God intended the same diet even after the fall…

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.” (Genesis 3:17-19)

Fast forward to the time of Noah and the flood.

And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.” (Genesis 6:5-8)

Is it possible that because the wickedness of man was great in the earth, that they began to kill animals and eat meat before the time God intended? We can see today that God’s Laws are broken on a daily basis: anything goes. God promised not to destroy the earth by a flood again. But still sin runs rampant. It wasn’t until chapter 9 that God allowed man to eat meat. After the flood, there was not enough plant life to sustain life, so they had to eat meat.

Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.” (Genesis 9:3-4)

Once again, if I put the wrong fuel in my body, it will not get the nutrients it needs to run right. I am fearfully and wonderfully made: if I fuel up with the right things, my body will run right. If not, my body will start breaking down. Too much of a good thing can be bad too. Too much sugar or carbs can lead to Diabetes and weight gain. Too much salt can lead to high blood pressure. But if I feed my body the right kind of fuel, this is what happens…

Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king’s meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants. So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days. And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king’s meat. Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.” (Daniel 1:11-16)

Things seem to go much better when we do things God’s way. Look what happened to Elijah when he fled into the wilderness…

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time. And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee. And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.” (1Kings 19:1-8)

God gave him what he needed for his journey of 40 days and 40 nights. God knew Elijah’s needs, and He know our needs. He knows us better than we know ourselves. That’s why we munch on chips and M & M’s, drink beer and soda, and make sure it’s diet soda so we don’t get fat… right? People would tell me not to drink soda, it’s bad for you. I would ask if they believed the Dow Philosophy: a better life through chemicals? There is time to turn back to eating right, but I can’t do it alone. Jesus said without me ye could do nothing, and He’s right. I need to get it through my thick skull (and yes, it’s just as thick as yours), to do what right: God’s way of eating. I am fearfully and wonderfully made by Him, and He knows me better than I do. Yield to the Holy Spirit and listen to Him. As you’re looking down the menu, ask Him to show you what to eat. I can guarantee it will taste the best, and be just what you need.

Peace.


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