I have learned an extremely important aspect of intermittent fasting. When we, as Christians attempt to give up anything of this world, we MUST replace that "something" with more of Christ! In my many attempts to overcome the sin of gluttony, I have gone on diet after diet with absolutely NO success.
I found that I was hopelessly addicted to food. I would wake up every morning with a diet plan on my mind and I would then fall asleep every nite with a sense of failure. Can ANYONE relate to this.
Here is the key! It took me months, no years, to discover that if we have an addiction the only answer is to replace that addiction with the word of God. The more I would fill up on the Word, the less food would matter to me. It is as though we must "force feed" ourselves with that precious, healing, cleansing word of God in order for that stubborn flesh to quiet itself down!
I started studying in the Gospel of John. As time permitted, I would study and linger over verse after verse. I purchased study tools so that I could study verse upon verse. As I lingered in that Word with a cup of coffee in hand, I noticed that I was able to go longer and longer without food!
I have come to understand that Jesus is our Bread of life. If we feast on Him, then and only then are we able to overcome gluttony. He must increase but I must increase!
Beloved, if you are addicted to food (as I am), please start replacing that snack with a study of the Word of God and prayer. You will find that Jesus came to set the captive free!
In Christ,
Pat
22 February, 2012
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