Animal or human diet? - Open Heavens devotional by Pastor E. A Adeboye

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Exo. 35-37

ANIMAL OR HUMAN DIET?

Friday, February 12, 2010

MEMORIZE: “And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them” (Isaiah 65:21)

Read: Genesis 3:17-18

One book that catalogs end time events in great details is the Book of Revelation. As wonderful as this book is, not many believers spend much of their time studying it because a good portion of it appears in coded, symbolic form and because of the very dramatic pictures that it paints which to the average reader appears larger than life. However, this book is rich in lessons and unveils several truths of the Kingdom to the diligent reader. The Book of Revelation can thus be summarized as ‘All will be well’ and ‘It is darkest before dawn’.

“For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody” (Isaiah 51:3). The Messianic Age otherwise known as the Millienial Reign of Christ, when He will reign on earth with His saints for 1000 years is one blessed period the Book of Revelation talks about. This comes immediately after the Great Tribulation.

During this time, all barren land will become very fertile. Trees during this era will be able to deliver without any restraint and give their best. After the fall of man in Genesis 3:17-18, the earth was cursed. What is generally known as potatoes today is nothing but thorns. From the outset, we were not supposed to be eating vegetables because that was for animals. But when man rebelled against God, He allowed man to be eating vegetables like animals. But when Jesus returns to rule the earth, the curse shall be broken. Then we will be made to leave vegetable for animals as we return to our original food - fruits (Isaiah 65:21-22).

At that time, the fruits you see today will be quite different in size, richness and healthiness from that produced under a cursed earth: This tells us that curses limit the potentials of the cursed. If you are cursed, you cannot be what you are meant to be. If your earth - business, source of livelihood or family is cursed, it cannot give you its ultimate yield. Is sin in your life? It will reduce you to the level of animals. Today, people are being fed with the food of animals just because sin is reigning in their lives. Break off from this age long slavery by accepting Christ as your Lord and personal Savior. Are you regularly eating in your dreams? Check it. Sin may be lurking somewhere in you.

ACTION POINT:
Your spiritual diet is determined by the measure of the life of God you possess.