Proverbs 15:14
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge:
But the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
“You are what you eat” the proverb affirms. This does not only mean that we take on the nature of what we eat; it also means that people are revealed by their diet. A wealthy man eats refined rich foods while an athlete sticks to a special regimen. A model eats hardly anything; a common person indulges in junk foods, and a child of God subjects himself to the biblical diet. So whatever the verbal confession of any person, whatever they claim to be, their appetite tells who they are.
Many of us want to believe people; we want to believe that they tell us the truth about themselves. The problem is that modern industrial society has people live in the media realm of what they want and would like to be. Religion also has them live in the ideal realm of what they should be. In the end, they are only deceived about themselves; they do not know who they are.
This proverb today gives us a clue. The heart is fed through the eyes and the ears. If therefore a person claims to love God and to be spiritual, we will see them be careful of what they listen to and watch. If that same person enjoys the exposure to worldliness but considers the study of God’s Word a chore, he lies and /or is deceived about his personal confession. Such a person would make sure their social environment does not feed them ‘foolishness”.
On the other hand, there are those who claim not to care about God, but their spirit is hungry. They are not satisfied with the spiritual starchy fatty protein lacking junk food of the spirit they are given. Like Moses, they have all of ‘Egypt’, but they are looking for something better, something that feeds their spirit. They seek the knowledge and understanding that comes from the Creator of their souls.
Let us not be deceived. It is good sometimes to, as a means of metaphor I would say: to come out of our person and look at ourselves with the eyes of a second-party observer. Let us replay the ‘film’ of our daily life, and check our spiritual and social diet. We may learn something about ourselves that will help us make some important corrections.
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge:
But the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
“You are what you eat” the proverb affirms. This does not only mean that we take on the nature of what we eat; it also means that people are revealed by their diet. A wealthy man eats refined rich foods while an athlete sticks to a special regimen. A model eats hardly anything; a common person indulges in junk foods, and a child of God subjects himself to the biblical diet. So whatever the verbal confession of any person, whatever they claim to be, their appetite tells who they are.
Many of us want to believe people; we want to believe that they tell us the truth about themselves. The problem is that modern industrial society has people live in the media realm of what they want and would like to be. Religion also has them live in the ideal realm of what they should be. In the end, they are only deceived about themselves; they do not know who they are.
This proverb today gives us a clue. The heart is fed through the eyes and the ears. If therefore a person claims to love God and to be spiritual, we will see them be careful of what they listen to and watch. If that same person enjoys the exposure to worldliness but considers the study of God’s Word a chore, he lies and /or is deceived about his personal confession. Such a person would make sure their social environment does not feed them ‘foolishness”.
On the other hand, there are those who claim not to care about God, but their spirit is hungry. They are not satisfied with the spiritual starchy fatty protein lacking junk food of the spirit they are given. Like Moses, they have all of ‘Egypt’, but they are looking for something better, something that feeds their spirit. They seek the knowledge and understanding that comes from the Creator of their souls.
Let us not be deceived. It is good sometimes to, as a means of metaphor I would say: to come out of our person and look at ourselves with the eyes of a second-party observer. Let us replay the ‘film’ of our daily life, and check our spiritual and social diet. We may learn something about ourselves that will help us make some important corrections.
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