How to Make Food Safe

Safe Food for Everyone

EATING wholesome food is a delight. But as we have seen, such food is not always easy to come by.  Worse yet, there are millions of people who do not have the luxury of worry about whether their food is sufficiently safe or healthful.  They are preoccupied with finding enough food just to survive. Can it be that God intended for things to be this way?

Think about it.  When God put man and woman on the earth, did they have any cause to worry about food?  No, not at all!  The account in the Bible book of Genesis says:  "Jehovah God made to grow out of the ground every tree desirable to one's sight and good for food." (Genesis 2:9)  So Adam and Eve had a delightful variety of foods as well as an  abundant, endless supply.  The God who created them knew precisely what they needed nutritionally, he also knew what would bring them joy. Granted, we are not in the garden of Eden today. But has God changed his original purpose for mankind and earth? 

We have sound reason to believe that  soon everyone on earth will enjoy healthful, wholesome food in abundance!  This belief can be a powerful aid to our keeping a balanced attitude on the issue of food safety today. Such a hope, if sure and reliable can help us to avoid developing fanatic or extreme views.

Why can we be so sure that life will soon be different?  Keen students of the Word of God know that we are currently living in "the last days" of this system of things.  The present system is governed by human wisdom, which in many fields of life is uncertain and relies on trial and error.  When it comes to techniques of processing food, there is considerable  uncertainty as to whether they are safe or hazardous.  Such uncertainty breeds fear, discord, and disunity. -2 Timothy 3:1-5.  

Mankind's Creator has promise to replace this present system of things with a completely new one. His original purpose-for the entire earth to ba  paradise like the garden of Eden, populated with a happy and healthy human family -will be fulfilled.  They unifying force of perfect godly wisdom will then fill the earth. (Isaiah 11:9) Uncertain human wisdom will no longer prevail. the new system of God's making will dispel all need for doubt about the safety of our food. Is it not logical to conclude that the God who created humans would also understand our nutritional needs?

Next time: Safe Food for Everyone - Perfect Food From the Creator

From the AWAKE! magazine, 2001