🌿 Were We Ever Meant to Eat? A Revelation on Divine Sustenance

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There’s a stirring in my spirit—a revelation I believe God gave me. It’s one of those truths that hits you quietly but deeply, as if it was always sitting in your soul, waiting for the right moment to surface.

It starts in Genesis. God says to Adam:

“From any tree of the garden you may freely eat; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat…” (Genesis 2:16–17)

Now, we’ve always read that as food. Literal fruit. A physical act of eating. But what if it was never just about food? What if God wasn’t talking about nutrition at all, but about the source?

What if the real message was: “From Me, you may eat freely. I am your Vine. I am your Sustenance.”

🍃 The Fruit Was Never About Food

We love to talk about fruit in church—the fruit of the Spirit, bearing fruit, producing fruit. But rarely do we pause to ask: What vine are we eating from?

Could it be that in the garden, God wasn’t primarily creating a diet—He was inviting us to abide?

Think about it: Before the fall, man walked with God. There was no hunger, no striving, no chasing after food or provision. There was fullness. But when Eve took from the tree of knowledge, it wasn’t just disobedience—it was disconnection. She reached for something apart from God. She consumed from a different vine.

Jesus says, “I am the true Vine… apart from Me, you can do nothing.” (John 15:5)

This was always the plan. Not survival through food, but life through Him.

🍞 Man Shall Not Live by Bread Alone

“Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” (Deuteronomy 8:3)

We were never designed to be sustained by the Earth. We were designed to be sustained by the Word.

When Jesus called Himself the “Bread of Life” in John 6, He wasn’t introducing a metaphor. He was reminding humanity of what we lost in Eden—and what He came to restore.

He is our manna.

He is our nourishment.

He is the Tree of Life.

So maybe the issue isn’t just what we eat, but what we consume spiritually. Maybe our overeating, our addiction to more, our constant need for something else—maybe it’s all rooted in one thing: we ate from the wrong tree.

🌱 A Return to Eden

In Revelation 22, we see the Tree of Life again. No animals. No processed food. Just fruit for eating and leaves for healing. Just God and His people, face to face.

We’re going back. Back to divine dependence.Back to the Vine.Back to the garden, where God was all we needed.

Maybe we were never meant to eat the way we do now. Maybe our truest hunger is for Him.

💭 Let This Sit With You:

• What vine have you been feeding from?

• Are you trying to satisfy a spiritual hunger with physical things?

• What would it look like for Jesus to truly be your sustenance, not just your Savior?

✨ A Prayer of Return

Lord, forgive me for feeding off the wrong things—for seeking knowledge, affirmation, provision, or comfort outside of You. Teach me again what it means to abide. To sit in Your presence. To eat from Your Word. You are the Bread of Life. You are the True Vine. Be my portion. Be my daily bread. Amen.

If this spoke to you like it spoke to me, sit with it. Don’t rush past it. This might be your invitation to reconnect—to the vine, the garden, and the God who was always enough.