What you eat

Romans 14:2

“One man's faith allows him to eat everything, but another man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.” NIV

“One [man's faith permits him to] believe he may eat anything, while a weaker one [limits his] eating to vegetables.” AMP

Have you ever considered that your faith is connected to what you eat and how you eat. Our text for study reveals this clearly that we eat what we eat according to our level of faith. Now the Scripture exhorts us to eat with faith and to eat from faith, how do you do this practically?

Firstly, you must acknowledge your dependence on God for the provision of your food. You must receive it as a gift from Him.

“There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.” Ecclesiastes 2:24 KJV

Secondly, as a follow up to acknowledging your food as a gift from God you thank Him for it. Which leads to the third thing. Thanking God for your food, sanctifies it, means, it makes it holy or whole and so does you good when you eat it. Even if there were impurities in it originally or harmful ingredients, their effect is nullified by your faith.

“For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude; 5 for it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer.” 1Timothy 4:4,5. NASU

What you can see from this is that as you apply the principle of faith to your eating, this whole area of your life takes on a new meaning. Through faith your daily meals can take on the nature of a sacrament that you partake of for God’s glory. It can also be a place where your faith in God is renewed on daily basis.