Praying Over Junk Food

There’s a joke about someone who prays over a plate of junk food, asking God to bless it to their body. It’s funny because we know prayer doesn’t change what’s on the plate.

The same goes for what we feed our minds. What comes in through our eyes and ears shapes how we see the world. That shapes how we think, which shapes what we do. Over time, what we do becomes who we are. None of it is neutral.

Jesus said, “The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.” David made a decision ahead of time: “I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes.”

Paul gives us the menu: “whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely… think on these things.” Feed your soul on that, and you won’t need to pray over the junk.