Is an appetite out of control on its way to disorder/addiction?

Amazing how we do not really fear our disorders. Our addictions. Our obesity. We fear bad news, stress, loss of loved ones, but usually we do not fear the very sin that is dragging us down.
Proverbs 23:2 And put a knife to your throat, If you are a man given to appetite.

We should be experiencing, anxiety, guilt and many other emotions when the scale, or mirror begins to alert us. But oftentimes we wait until it is a full blown disaster.

The Bible has warnings about one given to appetite. The outlook is grim. God will not punish as much as he pleads for you to get your appetite under control.

We need to be alert over our vices considering food, at the top of the list rather than the bottom. As Americans, we have an over 60% obese rate, yet it is not yet alerted as the fasting spreading disease in our country. Little is said. Most of the things we are anxious about never happen, yet we have a blind spot in this arena regarding the consequences.

Begin to dispel ignorance and lack of knowledge about eating disorders and obesity. Begin to acknowledge you have an appetite which has gotten out of control. Begin to see the log in your eye. Begin to react to the alarm signals your body is sending to you.

Turn to the Lord. Turn to others with knowledge. Turn to your inner man who has been trying to alert you. If you want to know the truth, let today begin with honesty.

Prayer: O Lord, I can trust You and turn to You, and yet I lag in this area. I want to be free from this burden. I don't want further entrapment. I cannot deny what is happening in my body. Set me free as I become educated. Help me to not only seek truth, but protect me from the consequences of my past denial, though Christ Jesus. Amen

Have you ever been in a food stupor?

Jonah 1:6 "What do you mean, Oh sleeper? Arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not."

When we come out of our food stupor long enough to realize we must react and recover from our problem with food, we absolutely need to call on God. And not merely a one-time 911 call. We must persevere. We are told in Scripture to pray without ceasing. That is a ready state of action. An awareness not only that we need help, but that God is ready to help us in need.
When we have been praying for a long time about something and don't feel as if our words are going anywhere, that is not the time to quit. That is not the time to return to our slumber. If God has given you the knowledge and revelation that you do have an eating disorder or a problem with bingeing, it is time to persevere in prayer.

Let it be known though that God is not a bellhop. He doesn't jump to His feet to carry your baggage. You have to be willing to leave go of that baggage you have been bearing so long. You have to fill in the void and loss that you will feel from missing a habit that has bound you for so long. You have to replace the disorder with healthy habits.

There is no shortcut. When you call upon God, recognizing your need you will be helped, but you need to seek avenues where that help will readily come to you. We first look outward to God, and then we look inward for the strength He will provide. God says, "Call upon me in your day of trouble and I will deliver you and you shall glorify Me." (Psalm 50:15) Your work then is revealed in those last for words. "You shall glorify Me."

Make it your goal to glorify Him, each and every day, each and every meal. Take the first step and you will see God is not a reluctant God to help.

Prayer: O Lord, it sounds like work is ahead for me, but I do desire to be set free, and I do want to honor and glorify You. Help me to do my part in my deliverance. Help me to do that, this very day, that which will please You. Amen

Is Food An Attitude Which We Are Driven By?

Satan lays out traps for us. They are land mines from a roaring lion.

1Peter 5:8 "Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour."

We know that we should not covet food to the point of abnormality. We know we are too involved in our fixation with food. When a neighbor/friend/relative shows up with a new and delightful dish for us to "taste," we become insatiable. We sample and we binge. We are titillated by our taste buds. We desire more than what was offered to us.

That sums up an eating disorder. It is an attitude we are driven by. We have a problem with our desires and we never think to call upon the name of God to cease this dependency.
If we allow this addiction, with no thought of tomorrow, we will find ourselves trapped in a bondage that the scale will reveal.

Maybe you are only starting off in this trap, and cannot see the consequences. Perhaps, you will not make it a habit. We watch and see, but there is only one thing in life you need, and that is Jesus. Talk it over with Him, and explore if this is not a potential problem or a full blown problem in your life. You know what I am talking about. While there is a chance to examine yourself, do as the Bible exhorts: Psalm 26:2 "Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; Try my heart and my mind."

Prayer: Oh Lord, I suspect something is more wrong than what my scale tells me. I fear that food has even become more important than You. Clear my mind as I examine this issue and guard me as I explore why food has such control over me. In Christ's name I pray. Amen

Is unbelief and fear thwarting your weight loss?

Recovery work and sweat from an eating disorder or addiction may frighten us to the state of unbelief and the fear of the unknown. Wanting it, believing it, calling upon the Almighty God and trusting His steps and guidance are the first, very first, essential journey start we must take. Those are the steps to be taken to get to the point of receiving your miracle. Here is a perfect example from God's Word on the hump you must first get over.

Mark 9:22-24 "Have compassion on us, and help us. And Jesus said unto him, If you can! All things are possible to him that believes. Straightway the father of the child cried out, and said, 'I believe; help Thou mine unbelief.'"

Here was a man petitioning God on behalf of his young son. The man had a hump to get over. The man knew in his head Jesus could cure. His heart was the problem, because unbelief and faith cannot dwell together.

Jesus did deliver the young boy. The man had wrestled in prayer and heart-thought, and prevailed. So can you. You might be shaking your head right about now saying, that is too far out for me. I don't have the faith and I am not sure I want what may be the obligation that goes with it. Do not fret. Wrestle instead. Grasping straws if that is what you want to call it. God does the work. Yours is the job to sit back and receive. Now that is the kind of free lunch we can all eat without guilt, ridiculing, and calories.

Prayer: Lord, my faith may waiver, but I know that You can deliver me. Help Thou my unbelief as I start this journey and do the steps to receive wholeness. Send me guidance on how I can reach the promised land of delivery. Help me to do my part as I trust You to set me free, through Christ Jesus, the Deliverer. Amen