The evangelistic newspaper of the modern Jesus Army
2010
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Staying alive is expensive these days. The cost of living is rising. In fact, in certain parts of the world, it costs too much to stay alive. Seriously.
Activist group, the World Development Movement, recently produced a report demonstrating that global financiers like Goldman Sachs, who speculate in food commodities around the world, are causing prices of basic foods to rise. Food becomes too expensive for poor people to buy. The result? Misery, famine and death.
They call it the “hunger casino”. It’s a hidden, but global, scandal.
What about our own country? A six-year-old girl starves to death in one of the most wealthy societies on earth.
How much food do the supermarkets throw away? Marks and Spencer give their waste to the homeless, but others are less bothered. It’s sickening to think of the huge tonnage of food and packaging being skipped and land-filled every day.
Waste, waste, waste – and huge inequality. That’s the world we live in, and most of us have enough sensitivity to be painfully aware of that fact, even if we don’t really know what to do about it.
Before He was born, Jesus’ mother, Mary, sang a protest song about His mission. Jesus “drags strong rulers from their thrones and puts humble people in places of power” and “gives the hungry good things to eat” (Luke 1:52-53, the Bible).
Good news if you are a famished victim of greedy bankers’ “hunger casino”.
The kingdom of King Jesus is about sharing, justice, equality. Isn’t that the kind of world we’re hungry for? And so we pray – “Come and set up Your kingdom” (Matthew 6:10, the Bible).
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