Whole Food

"...he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life."  Galatians 6:8

Rachel and I just began an food challenge called the Whole 30.  We are only able to eat meats, eggs, fruits, nuts, and lots of veggies.  Not too bad really, but I didn't realize how much sugar and grains I was taking in.  The basic idea behind the plan is that you cleanse yourself of things that aren't "whole".  After the cleansing you begin to feel like you have a new body - you realize that you were sick and didn't even know it because it felt normal.

Of course, I'm going to go spiritual with this.  Galatians 6 talks about sowing to the flesh vs. sowing to the Spirit.  Our culture has conditioned us to think that constant worldly concerns and activities are what we are supposed to be putting our time into (yes, I mean TV, Facebook, and 401ks).  It's normal and everyday routine so we aren't realizing that the things we're feeding our spirit are making us sick.  We're sick and we don't know it.

"God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap" Galatians 6:7.  We fool ourselves and mock God in the process by thinking that we can spend all of our time on the computer or watching TV and still reap a lifestyle that lines up with a disciple of Christ.  If you eat twinkies all day, you will get fat and sick.  The substance of what you take in will show itself in the fruit of your life, good or bad. 

Think about your day; how much of your time, thought, and energy is sown to the world, and how much is sown to the Spirit?  Are you eating the twinkies of life that the world says is normal?  The fruit of the Spirit is born out of seeds sown to a lifestyle in the Spirit.  It is a constant sowing to be continually filled with the Holy Spirit.  Let's eat the good whole food of the Spirit of God. 

"Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and your wages for what does not satisfy?  Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance.  Incline your ear, and come to Me.  Hear, and your soul shall live..." 
                                                                                                      Isaiah 55:2-3