Remember in the book of Exodus as the Israelites were leaving the land of "feast", they were promised that they would not have to enter a land of "famine", but rather would enter a land of "full". They grumbled and moaned that they'd been led out into the desert to starve everyone to death! - Ex 16: 6-9 states that they grumbled until God promised that He would provide. He said He'd rain down (manna) bread from heaven and that they were to go out and get ENOUGH for that day, except for the 6th day and they were to gather ENOUGH to sustain them through rest. In essence, God was teaching them portion control. To guage exactly what they would need to sustain themselves. If they didn't eat what they had taken, (meaning they got too much) it became full of maggots and began to smell!
God gives specific instruction to us for our own good, and to protect us! When we go overboard, by not obeying his Word, filling ourselves with things that don't belong, you will see that we actually become spiritually malnourished and physically obese! We cannot continue to try to fill ourselves with "things" to take the place of filling ourselves with God!
The Word says in Psalm 37:19 that “They will not be disgraced in hard times; even in famine they will have more than enough.”
John 14:2 says “There is more than enough room in my Father’s home."
Leviticus 26:3 "you'll have more than enough to eat and will live safe and secure in your land.”
God IS MORE than "ENOUGH"!! Psalm 73:26 says "My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."
People need more than bread for their life-- they must feed on every word of God.
As you can see, God put a desire in us that causes us to search and crave for something to fill it. This desire was placed in each of us to cause us to crave for the things of God. But what God also put in us was a free-will! If we are searching in our Free-will, we will find that we fill that desire with all kinds of things that never "fill" us up! Be it food, sex, attention, love, fame and fortune and these are just a few! We will never be "full" if we are filling ourselves with the wrong things! HE IS more than enough! And the cool thing about God is that there are NO NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS from being filled by Him! Matter of fact, when we allow Him to fill us, you will find our cup runs over....and it's ok!
STOP feeding your outer man and begin filling your inner man with His truths! Lay down your heavy load, stop running with unneccessary baggage and surrender to the freedom of knowing that YOU HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH!! When you begin to intentionally - (and yes, it will HAVE to be intentional, because it's NOT natural), set your sights on Him, you will find that somehow, following the "plan" to fight YOUR battle of desire will suddenly be a lot easier, and you will desire His will for you!
Breakfast: cereal
Snack: yogurt
Lunch: turkey and salad
Snack: missed
Dinner: chicken and peas
Also, please pray for my back/shoulder. I apparently have strained/sprained a back muscle (she hopes) and now, I'm on a steroid (not going to obsess over my weight) just praying it feels better soon! I DO NOT like being told work out my lower body only! But....it's ok, and I will obey! This too, I believe is a lesson I'm apparently needing to learn!
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