Making the Same Mistakes

It is nothing we haven’t ever heard before. The difference between making a mistake and experience is that experience something you have learned from. Quick bible history lesson here, the Jews and even Christians made lots of mistakes. From Adam to Paul, the Bible is filled with people learning the same lesson. We cannot do better than God’s provision. Sadly though, people today are still making the same mistake. When will we start gaining experience?

Adam and Eve’s mistake was not disobeying God; rather it was thinking that they could be on the same level as God. This was a mistake that the Hebrews made over and over again during their exile. They took 40 years to make a trip that should have taken less than a week and a half. They made this mistake several times over. The Spirit of God left Saul because he ignored the counsel of God and used his own and those of worldly advisors. Jesus cautioned against this in each of his parables. Paul reminded us time and time again to warn us not to make this same mistake! He wrote of humility. The humility to realize that we are not equal with the Creator, but are the Creation.

So why, is it then? That in regards to our health, the form of worshipping God by taking care of the temples he has given us (1 Cor 6:19-20), we have decided to fill our temples with food designed to be better than God’s design. Why is it then that our shelves are filled with imitation foods that are sold to us with “more protein than an egg” and “1/3 less fat than natural butter?” Like the Hebrews having to take the “scenic route” of the Arabian peninsula, we are paying for our mistakes, week after week. Not just in the rise in childhood obesity (which is sickening) but also in more variations of cancer and man made diseases than ever before. Treats are made of every imaginable deviation, including the increasingly popular (gulp!) Bacon Shake, which by the way, contains no actual bacon. There is an actual industry where the partakers are known as Flavorists, scientists responsible for fooling us into believing that something tastes a particular way. Bad food is cheap and food that is good for you is considered elitist and not a necessity.

Pray to God that we may learn from our mistakes and start gaining experience. Perhaps we can take preventative measures and pay less for true food than cancer treatments and chemotherapy.  Consider eating right, exercising, and the general welfare of our bodies as praise to God. Thank Him daily for the vessel He has given you. You would not fill a 2012 Porsche Cayman with cheap imitation gas, so why do that with a machine that performs harder and stronger every day? Stop the mistakes and gain experience!