Last September, I wrote a number of blogs that centered on a spiritual approach to making wise food choices. The posts inspired a vigorous and lively discussion among readers on the topic and left me believing there was still a whole lot more that could be said on the subject!

Another approach to the topic I’d like to take is looking at food from the opposite point of view than we did last time.

Before, we conversed significantly about how to demonstrate dominion over food choices, how not to be influenced by gluttony, laziness, sloth, and how to find peace of mind when walking through the grocery store deciding what to buy, and later in the kitchen with what to cook.

Jesus taught, “Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink.”

Hmmmm. What does this mean? Does it mean totally ignore what you put into your mouth? Does it mean eat anything put in front of you? Does it mean it makes no difference what you eat?

What does it mean to take no thought for what you eat?

To understand his saying, you have to back up and understand that he had already taught the important of consuming spiritual food. “Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God,” Jesus said.

Jesus was not advocating ignorance, apathy or neglect in one’s choices. He was re-directing attention from focus on material consumption to engaging with proper spiritual consumption. It wasn’t what went into the mouth that was of primary concern to him, but what was going on in consciousness. He knew that when one’s thinking was right with God, human action and effect would be right with God too.

“…every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God,” is reference to spiritual truth, or divine Science. Truth is what nourishes us and sustains us in all the right ways, not carrots and potatoes, ham and eggs.

People can eat the “right” material food, but if they lack spiritual inspiration, joy and feeling close to God, life is still going to feel out of balance, malnourished and weak. Eternal life and health don’t come from vitamins and proteins. They reside in Spirit and are discovered in spiritual understanding. And when they are understood, they translate into a healthy fit body that is quiet and obedient to the demands of Truth.

It’s spiritual food coming from God that properly nourishes the human mind and fills it with inspiration that translates into healthy living.

Paul wrote, “The kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.”

So, when it comes to discussing the topic of food, the “food” we need to “put on our plate” is not what sits on the shelves of the grocery store, but the spiritual truths of God that inspire, uplift, buoy, fit and shape our views and lives to conform with the healthy fit man and woman of God’s creating.

What “meat and drink” are you consuming today? Is it the healthy kind served up by God?