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What do you do, when you have eaten?

What do you do, when you have eaten? Only very few people remember to give thanks to the Lord, for the food and for everything else. Yet, that perfectly makes sense, because God puts it all in a bigger context. If we do not give thanks, then it was just a consumption of something that happended to be there. But by giving thanks and praise to the Lord, we put it into a bigger context: the almighty, everlasting God, who always was and always will be has a broader, comprehensive, global plan, as for example by that time for the Israelites: when the good land is described, that they will possess ("a fertile land, that has rivers and springs ... rocks with iron and copper ...") it is wrapped up by the request "...when you have eaten, praise the Lord, your God": Deutoronomy 8 [10]. So God gives a wider purpose, and his plans are not only for this life but even for eternity. So let's give thanks and praise to the Lord, whatever we do, it is blessed if we do it to the glory of God: 1. Corinthians 10 [31].

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What do you do, when you have eaten? 
Only very few people remember to give thanks to the Lord, for the food and for everything else.
Yet, that perfectly makes sense, because God puts it all in a bigger context.
If we do not give thanks, then it was just a consumption of something that happended to be there.
But by giving thanks and praise to the Lord, we put it into a bigger context: the almighty, everlasting God, who always was and always will be has a broader, comprehensive, global plan, as for example by that time for the Israelites: when the good land is described, that they will possess ("a fertile land, that has rivers and springs ... rocks with iron and copper ...") it is wrapped up by the request "...when you have eaten, praise the Lord, your God": Deutoronomy 8 [10].
So God gives a wider purpose, and his plans are not only for this life but even for eternity.
So let's give thanks and praise to the Lord, whatever we do, it is blessed if we do it to the glory of God: 1. Corinthians 10 [31].

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