January 8, 2012 - The Quarry I Came From

Reading this morning from Isaiah 51:1-2, a real nugget (wink) jumped out at me. Consider this, "Listen to me, all who hope for deliverance - all who seek God. Consider the rock from which you were cut, the quarry from which you were mined. Yes, think of Abraham, your ancestor, and Sarah, who gave birth to your NATION. Abraham was only one man when I called him. But when I blessed him, he became a great nation." We COME FROM THAT QUARRY! We are cut from the same rock. Watch this. I know sometimes when we are having to FIGHT for our health, and some like me since they were children, the temptation to feel forsaken and wronged by God can take root. It's almost like, "what did I do that was so bad that this daily struggle is my punishment?" Ever felt like that? I have. As I read the passage this morning, there are a couple of things we need to remember: 1. The enemy of our soul will always WAR against the truth of God's great plan and purpose for each of us. 2. Satan's greatest weapon is to get us to question God, as if he were a man who is prone to disappoint us. 3. When we feel abandoned or forsaken, sometimes we can become whiny or bitter. That attitude begins to take root and we begin to see our health as everyone else's fault. 4. The Bible says Abraham was blessed and from Sarah's birthing of a nation we come. 5 If we come from Abraham's rock, and he was blessed, then we are blessed. Like things give birth to like things. YES!!!! 6. If we can begin to view our determination to be healthy as a blessing from God, because we come from a blessed quarry, this will bring an added layer of life to our spirit. (how many know it's easier to choose well when things are going well and you've got a smile?) Right? We weren't cut from a rock of failure and disease and despair! NO! We came from a ROCK of blessing and greatness. May our attitudes, in every area reflect that today! May you choose foods out of a mindset that we are blessed to eat the BEST food. (and, it just so happens that it's healthy) Amen! Laugh out loud today - jiggle that belly - it's good for toning. PK