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LIVING WATER DAILY DEVOTIONAL
EAT DELICACIES LESS

7TH , JULY 2022 

- Global Forgiveness Day & World Chocolate Day

 

EXTRA READING FOR TODAY:  Psalms 138-144

READ:  Daniel 1:8-19

 

8 But Daniel determined in his heart that he would not defile himself by [eating his portion of] the king’s rich and dainty food or by [drinking] the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might [be allowed] not to defile himself.

9 Now God made Daniel to find favor, compassion, and loving-kindness with the chief of the eunuchs.

10 And the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear, lest my lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink, should see your faces worse looking or more sad than the other youths of your age. Then you would endanger my head with the king.

11 Then said Daniel to the steward whom the chief of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

12 Prove your servants, I beseech you, for ten days and let us be given a vegetable diet and water to drink.

13 Then let our appearance and the appearance of the youths who eat of the king’s [rich] dainties be observed and compared by you, and deal with us your servants according to what you see.

14 So [the man] consented to them in this matter and proved them ten days.

15 And at the end of ten days it was seen that they were looking better and had taken on more flesh than all the youths who ate of the king’s rich dainties.

16 So the steward took away their [rich] dainties and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables.

17 As for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom, and Daniel had understanding in all [kinds of] visions and dreams.

18 Now at the end of the time which the king had set for bringing [all the young men in], the chief of the eunuchs brought them before Nebuchadnezzar.

19 And the king conversed with them, and among them all none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; therefore they were assigned to stand before the king.

 

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MEMORISE: “So the steward took away their [rich] dainties and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables.” - Daniel 1:16

 

 

 

 

 

EXPOSITION

A delicacy is a delicious, rare, or highly priced item of food. Delicacies are basically delicious foods, spiced up with lots of sweeteners. Even when natural, they have been made into more of synthetic foods, seasoned with a lot of chemically oriented materials. Experts have hinted that most of these sweeteners and seasonings portend grave  dangers to our health, even as today marks global forgiveness and world chocolate day. Diseases, such as diabetes, cancer, hypertension, kidney issues, infertility, etc. have been linked with the excessive intakes of such delicacies, most especially, the so called processed foods. Only God can save us in this computer, jet, sophisticated generation.

 

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       Mostly likely, God intended to spare His people the harms associated with poor diets when He gave them dietary regulations in Leviticus 11. For instance, experts have proved the fact that intakes of red meats, like those from cattle, and fatty ones, like pork meats, are counter productive to human health.

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        In view of the aforesaid, when Daniel and his 3 Hebrew friends purposely rejected the king's delicacies at such a tender age, being teenagers, they were actually saving themselves from spiritual and health problems. Aside the fact that those delicacies that included pork meats and others religiously abominable meats were presented to idols before being consumed, they could also harm them health wise. Look at the result of opting for vegetables and water-health and spiritual viability (vv.13ff).

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         Experts advise that it is better to go for bitter foods and drinks than processed foods and drinks, most especially, the caffeinated ones. Are you the type who love too much of sweet foods and drinks? You better have a rethink if you desire prosperity, longevity,  and sound health. Eat delicacies less; take bitters more. You will be glad you did.

 

 

 

PRAYER POINT:

1. Thank God for the knowledge He gives us on how to live long and stay healthy.

2. Ask God for the determination to dine and wine the right (godly) way.

3. Pray for dieticians, that God should give them more insight to help people out of avoidable health issues ravaging this generation.

 

 

DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY

 

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