Today’s Scriptures:“It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glorious to seek one’s own glory” - Proverbs 25:27

For some, living well entails having everything you want up to a point of lavishing wealth as you choose. But there is a maximum level of treat your body, and even your emotion, can possibly accommodate. Therefore, keeping to the limit of food and drinks including every other indulgence marks the beginning of wellness and wellbeing. To keep the body functioning at optimal level, we have to be moderate in our lifestyle. Most terminal ailments, and sudden deaths recorded these days are due to over indulgence in terms of food, drinks, lack of rest, wrong relationships, addictions, self-medications etc. But how do we know if we are moderate? It will probably interest you to know that there is a required amount of water, heat, air and the best body weight that is right for your body in order to be adjudged healthy.

When the statistics are altered, problem sets it and that can degenerate to sickness, or a protracted emotional or depressed condition. When thinking about moderation, we must ALSO think of total abstinence, where necessary. For example, underage drinking of alcohol and sex relationships cannot be done in moderation! That should be a total abstinence. Now, if you have six packs of beer, containing six bottles each, you drink three packs of them back to back- that is not moderation. If you have two large boxes of Domino’s Pizza and you eat one whole box and leave the other – that is not moderation. We must avoid greed and obsession in what we eat and drink. We must also be on our guard when we are shopping, watching TV, browsing the internet, taking medicine or caffeine and dealing with the opposite sex. The word of God is telling you today to embrace moderation in order to live well and to be able to avoid the tricks of the devil. Be careful because Satan does all he can to try to tempt us. Do all things for the glory of God.

Father in the name of Jesus Christ, I thank you for all my worldly experiences. Lord, by the power of the Holy Spirit, I take only that which is good for me. Therefore, I declare everything I do is moderated, fulfilling, and uplifting, all to thy glory. AMEN