Proverbs 25:16
"If you have found honey, eat only enough for you, lest
you have your fill of it and vomit it."
I
have found that the Bible contains in it wisdom for life: spiritual life as
well as physical life. The book of Proverbs has been speaking to me in ways
that I never expected, and today I came across this one at the top of the page.
Further on in chapter 25 in verse 27 I read another warning about the same
thing, “It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glorious to seek one’s own
glory.” As I have been assessing my life by reading through the book of
Proverbs, I have come to observe that in my own life I make the same mistake
over and over again. Gluttony is a sin that Proverbs 23:21 says “will come to
poverty.” Recently I was craving something sweet because I hadn’t dessert in a
long time. I was becoming unhappy with the wonderful, healthy meals I have been
receiving three times a day of which I did not have to make or clean up. This
unhappiness was the same problem Israel was having when God was feeding them
manna in the desert but they were craving meat.
The
other day I had the opportunity to eat cake. I did not hold myself back at all.
Of course, I had my fill and felt sick afterwards. I learned my lesson. When
the Bible makes a warning and I choose not to observe it, there is no question
that I will reap the consequences. This goes for simple things such as eating
too much of a sweet thing as well as the eternal consequences of rejecting
Jesus Christ. I learned that there are consequences for eating more than
enough, but it warned me of much greater consequences too.
Application:
Pray and seek the Lord for discipline when it comes to eating that He would
remind me that I reap the consequences of my own actions next time I get a
chance to eat a dessert, and also that He would keep me from going down those
roads that lead to destruction in any form and instead lead me in the ways of
wisdom.
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