It is a real declaration that God is able to keep us from falling.....and He is! However, I basically blamed God for years for not taking away my hunger and punishing me by leaving me in a fat, sick body. I continued to confess that God was able to deliver me and that if he would JUST DO IT, I would be free. Ever been down that road???
YES! God is able - but mankind was given a free will. Just because I "stand" on truth - God is not going to shut my mouth and keep that next brownie from being swallowed. I used to get upset with God and with others who "seemed" to have breakthroughs and deliverance - when I didn't. On this side of victory - I have a different perspective about God's part of the journey. KNOWING that God COULD ABSOLUTELY keep me from falling became another lie, another excuse for me. JUST me. I would "reason" - well, if this really mattered to God, he would help me. God loves me fat and it doesn't matter. GOD DOES LOVE US FAT - but his plan is not to see his kids trapped and ineffective.
I don't know about you - but when I was fat, I was too tired, sluggish, depressed, and self loathing to REALLY be effective. I was glad to get home, get in my slouchy clothes, eat to comfort myself and find the next excuse to eat another piece of cake. YEP! Just sayin......maybe only me. But I gotta be honest.
My new level of health has given me stamina, joy, passion, renewed sense of purpose. John 10:10 declares satan's purpose for EACH of us and he'll use food as a weapon against us if we're not careful. BUT the 2nd half of the verse (oh, I wanna preach) declares BUT I (Jesus) have come to give you life and that life abundant. YEA!
So, let's make certain we understand what standing on God's word really means as opposed to "hiding on it."
Please - no condemnation here - NONE. I am simply making a confession from my own journey.
Choose life and eat to live,
PK
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