Psalm 141:4 Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil so that I take part in wicked deeds along with those who are evildoers; do not let me eat their delicacies.
On this 17th day of Lent, we are called to eat the right things. The meal of the wicked is tempting. At times, we salivate over it. Our flesh hungers for a table outside our Father’s house. But in the end, we become what we eat and we will be more thoroughly equipped to fight sin when we remember that the table ofevil is never ultimately satisfying. As Marva Dawn writes concerning sin: “Always its pleasure will turn to dust in our mouths.” The poet David says, “Let me not eat of their delicacies.” The Season of Lent is a call to eat at God’s table and to turn away all worldly delicacies. Lent is a call to fast from the wrong foods and eat the delicacies of Yahweh’s garden.
