FoodTalk with Kotter and Trimark, Day 9

There’s no place we’d rather conclude our interview with Dave Kotter and Jeffrey Trimark than the hope of the gospel. Gentlemen, can you please tell us again how the gospel empowers us to eat for the glory of God?

As with all the efforts to please God, it is beyond our natural strength to always eat for the glory of God.  Even the desire to please God or eat for the glory of God does not naturally occur in our hearts (Romans 3:21).  More common is the desire to eat in the service of other “gods” or idols, such as gluttony, fitness, beauty or long life. 

As believers, we are saved by the power of the gospel; our desires are transformed by the power of the gospel and we are empowered by the gospel to obey the will of God, even in the area of eating.  Every action of our lives must flow from the gospel, and we eat three times a day.  How do we bring the power of the gospel to bear on this aspect of our lives?

We must first understand the gospel thoroughly before we can apply it to what we eat.  Jesus Christ came to earth, lived a perfect life and died on a cross to take the place of sinners in bearing the just wrath of God.  This is the good news that in Christ, God is reconciling the world to himself. As we are justified through the blood of Jesus, we are enabled for the first time to eat for the glory of Someone besides ourselves.  As we are sanctified and are progressively made more like Jesus, the way we eat should change over time to bring more and more glory to God.

Thank you for this encouraging reminder! And thank you so much for sharing your wisdom with us over these past two weeks. We have been blessed by your practical instruction and gospel encouragement.

As we conclude our interview we want to request that you, our readers, pray for David Kotter and Dr. Trimark as they finish writing Eat and Be Content. Please pray that God would bless them with wisdom and clarity as they write, and that their wives and children would continue to experience God's grace during this project. Ultimately, may the fruit of this book be changed lives for the glory of God! 

And please join us next week for our interview with Elyse Fitzpatrick. Friday Funnies coming your way before the day is out...