Genesis 1:30 Vegetables for the Birds

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 Genesis 1:30 “And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creeps upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.” 

In God’s perfect world, vegetables were for the birds! Well, okay, so they were for the beasts and insects too. Not only did every creature great and small eat vegetables, but they were strictly vegetarian, because death was yet unknown. 


Have you ever noticed that the animals that stuck with their own original diet are typically more peaceful and docile than their omnivore and carnivore compadres? My question is, in the savage, blood-thirsty beasts, what changed first; their diet or their disposition? Or did both change simultaneously?  Perhaps it doesn’t really matter, as long as one recognizes the dependence of each on the other. A transformed character will transform your diet, and changes in your diet will reflect in changes in your character. If you are eating beasts, it stands to reason you will be more beastly. In today’s world, most people would consider that a compliment, which is a sad commentary on Satan’s success in degrading God’s image in us and even our appreciation and desire for it. The good news is, we don’t have to stay degraded. God has given you the power to choose and take action as part of a package called grace. By His grace, choose today to make a positive change in your diet and in your character. 

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Ezra James
The Word of God is bread from heaven. God sent it, but we must gather it, appreciate it, digest it, and live by it. These days it is increasingly scarce. Many are starving for it and don't know it because they keep feasting on bad bread that doesn't satisfy. But if we would learn to carefully gather up the fragments of the True, Heavenly Bread of Life, we would always enjoy a feast of crumbs, because even God's crumbs are miracles mighty to save (Mark 7:24-30). ESPAÑOL: La Palabra de Dios es pan del cielo. Dios lo envió, pero debemos recogerlo, apreciarlo, digerirlo y vivir por él. Hoy en día es cada vez más escaso. Muchos están muriendo de hambre por falta de él sin saberlo porque se alimentan de pan falso que no satisface. Pero si aprendiéramos a recoger cuidadosamente los fragmentos del Verdadero Pan Celestial, Pan de Vida, siempre disfrutaríamos de un banquete de migajas, porque hasta las migajas de Dios son milagros poderosos para salvar (Marcos 7:24-30).