Just Think About Your Daily Bread!

121 - Today's Prime Time Devo comes from 1Ti 4:3-5, “forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving; 5 for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. (1 Tim 4:3-5) All of God's good gifts to us are to be acknowledged by the enlightened recipients. How do we read it in Jas 1:16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.” Unenlightened recipients scarcely give the source of their daily bread a thought. They may go no further than acknowledging their favorite grocery store as the source of their food, or the farmer, or the government. Others may bow down to mother earth and worship her, and still others may bow down to foolish idols and myths. The latter was the case when Paul and Barnabas brought the gospel to Lystra. After witnessing a miraculous healing, the people likened Paul and Barnabas to the Greek Gods, Zeus and Hermes. Listen to Paul's response: Ac 14:15-17, “Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from these useless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them, 16 "who in bygone generations allowed all nations to walk in their own ways. 17 "Nevertheless He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good, gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness." The Bible says even with these words about a mighty Creator who not only made everything, but provides what is necessary environment to grow food, the people sought to offer sacrifices to Paul and Barnabas. This is the lot of the unenlightened, they just don't get it! But you and I know better, and because we know better, we ought to be quick and diligent in thanking the Lord for our daily bread!