Daniel 2:15 And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.
Question: Did God have to work a miracle in Daniel and his companions, for their faces to appear fairer and healthier than the others within the given ten days? If God had to work a miracle, then God would be cheating, because the food Daniel and his friends requested, would, in and of itself be inferior, and as such, would put them at a disadvantage, and thus, causing God to pick up the slack through a miracle.
In addition to this, all the other students under the care of the cook didn’t have the benefit of miracles, and therefore, if The Lord were to secretly beef up the faces of His servants, that would constitute an unfair advantage over those who subscribed to the king’s food and drink. When the issue of diet and food, as specified in our health message, is subjected to the closest scrutiny, it should be able to stand up on its own two feet without any direct miracle from God.
If He has to backstop the diet He gave to us with supernatural interventions, then, the rational conclusion is that, without miracles, the diet would fall flat on its face. This in turn would call into question God’s wisdom and His intentions, if what He instructs us to eat has to be continually supported by a miracle. In other words, the peculiar diet of the peculiar people must have legs of its own, for either it is inherently good, or it’s not.
Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!