Your diet
The Lord says, Why spend money for what isn’t food,
and your earnings for what doesn’t satisfy?
Listen carefully to me and eat what is good;
enjoy the richest of feasts. ~ Isaiah 55:2 (CEB)
Don’t work for the food that doesn’t last but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Human One will give you. God the Father has confirmed him as his agent to give life. ~ John 6:27 (CEB)
KEY IDEA:
Pursue the Jesus-nourished life if you want a life that satisfies.
PRAYER:
Lord, thank you for providing all that I really need to live well. I confess, though, that I'm inclined to pursue spiritual junk food that makes me feel good for a moment but which provides no lasting satisfaction. Please continue to nag me to eat better. I need your ongoing voice in my life. I'm determined to change my diet. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
