Glorying God through Eating

1 Corinthians 10:31 - Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

     Here is a verse that I have not heard preached on very many times at all. This is a very convicting verse for those who are striving to Glorify God with their lives. We know we can glorify God through singing, being faithful to church, and even where we go; but through what we eat and drink? WOW! We are to glorify God through our food and drink! So, how can we do this?

     Glorifying God through what we eat begins with what most overweight people do not like to hear, discipline and self-control. Eating too much is in fact a sin. I know it is not popular to teach this, however the Bible actually has strong words for those who eat too much. I would like to clarify that through my studies on gluttony it is MORE than just eating; it is taking too much pleasure in a worldly experience. So this means that a person can be a glutton of t.v., hunting, fishing, football, food, and the list goes on. I am simply focusing on the gluttony of food, this is my "pet" sin that I must give up at least three times a day. If I don't surrender my food to God I end up indulging SELF and eating until I am "stuffed", this is NOT good.

   Jesus promised to be with us and give us victory over the sin of Gluttony! God's Word says 1 Corinthians 10:13 - There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able ; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.  PRAISE GOD, when that second helping of meatloaf, mashed potatoes, corn, and hot roll is staring at us and tempting us to sin, God promises to give us a way of escape! A truth to take with us today is that we are to glorify God throuigh what we eat by not eating too much and when we are tempted to go further than we should remember that God has already made a way of escape; which for many of us is leaving the room and getting some water on your way our way out the door.