How Much Are You Eating?

  [268 words] The Lord’s disciples had walked into the city of Samaria to find something to eat while Jesus conversed with a woman about eternal things (John 4:7-10). When they returned with lunch and encouraged Jesus to eat, he replied, “I have food to eat that you do not know about…My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to accomplish His work” (John 4:32, 34).  Food occupies our thoughts every day, multiple times a day. Our survival depends, by God’s design, on our regular intake of food. Consequently, we seldom let too many hours pass without eating something. Yet the Bible also teaches that as important as our physical health is, our spiritual health is much more important.  • “For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? For what will a man give in exchange for…