Locust and Honey - there is no app for that

Matthew 3:4  And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

It would have been difficult to follow the Old Testament dietary laws. John didn’t have a Bible app or the ability to google “can Jews eat locusts?” How did John know it was OK to eat locusts? John had to know the law. He had to have it hidden in his heart. First, he had to go where the Word was to hear and read it, memorize it so he could go and keep it and apply it. After all, it would be hard for the Jewish people carry all those scrolls when they were walking by the way, lying down and waking up. The Word of God had to be foundational - an entire worldview, which is the way it should be for us. It can become easy to use the Bible as a reference book, to go to for recommendations on how you should live rather than the authoritative Word of God that informs how we live and think. The Bible should shape and form our thoughts, transforming our minds and the way we think. That was why it was difficult for Peter to eat unclean things. Think how deeply ingrained these food regulations had to be to live in those times, knowing what you could and couldn’t eat. If you were at sea, on the sea shore, in the wilderness, in the market place, what can you eat and how would you know? The Word of God had to be the lens in which you looked at the world. Sources close to me tell me that the nutritional labels we have on our food came much later in history, besides, how would you put the calorie intake on the back of a locust?

 1 Timothy 4:4-5  For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.