| JoyUs Musing Edition #08-4 |
Since I decided to lose weight a few years ago, I’ve been in an ongoing battle with food. I had to determine what I was
doing to undermine my weight loss. I learned that aside from getting the food out of the house I don’t need to eat, I
also operated by instant gratification. When I’m hungry, I want to eat NOW.
If it isn’t already fixed, I will gravitate toward what is fast and isn’t good for me – such as a peanut butter and jelly
sandwich, with the requisite chips. I will not stop and fix something that is good for me. I go for what I feel would taste
good right now. Ever notice what feels good is never good for you???
So God gave me a brilliant idea (which I’m sure He’s give to others before me) – prepare my food in advance. Plan
ahead. That way, when I open the fridge, I will have good choices that are good for me – grilled chicken breast, grilled
salmon and other fish, broccoli that just needs reheating, and salad. Once a week, we grill up what we need for a
week, and prepare the vegetables and salads in advance. Then I can just reach in and grab something healthy.
It is the same way with the devil. You know he is going to try and trip you up. The Bible says he will in Ephesians and
warns you to prepare for it. Since you’ve been warned that your enemy is going to try to trick you, then it makes sense
to plan ahead to be prepared for his tricks.
How do we plan ahead, be prepared? Through faith. The Bible says we are to live by faith and that faith is given to us
when we are saved. How do you get more faith? In His Word (the Bible). That’s the way faith comes – from hearing
(reading, meditating in) the Word of God.
We don’t always want to hear that – that in order to build our faith up, we have to read our Bibles. Yet faith is like our
bodies – if you don’t feed your body healthy food, you will be weak, helpless and unhealthy. If you don’t feed your
Spirit healthy food, you will be spiritually weak, spiritually helpless and spiritually unhealthy.
That’s why the enemy works so hard to steal your time and makes you think it isn’t important to read your Bible
everyday. He wants to starve your faith out so he can destroy you.
Plan ahead. Make plans to read your Bible every day. Then when the enemy comes to steal from, kill and destroy
you, you will have your strength built up, in advance, and can defeat him every time, in God’s power. You can’t lose
and he can’t win!
Ephesians 6:10-11
Romans 1:17
Galatians 3:11
Hebrews 10:38
Romans 12:3
Romans 10:17 (NJB):
Luke 10:19
Inspiration Copyright © 2007 Nan C Loyd
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
doing to undermine my weight loss. I learned that aside from getting the food out of the house I don’t need to eat, I
also operated by instant gratification. When I’m hungry, I want to eat NOW.
If it isn’t already fixed, I will gravitate toward what is fast and isn’t good for me – such as a peanut butter and jelly
sandwich, with the requisite chips. I will not stop and fix something that is good for me. I go for what I feel would taste
good right now. Ever notice what feels good is never good for you???
So God gave me a brilliant idea (which I’m sure He’s give to others before me) – prepare my food in advance. Plan
ahead. That way, when I open the fridge, I will have good choices that are good for me – grilled chicken breast, grilled
salmon and other fish, broccoli that just needs reheating, and salad. Once a week, we grill up what we need for a
week, and prepare the vegetables and salads in advance. Then I can just reach in and grab something healthy.
It is the same way with the devil. You know he is going to try and trip you up. The Bible says he will in Ephesians and
warns you to prepare for it. Since you’ve been warned that your enemy is going to try to trick you, then it makes sense
to plan ahead to be prepared for his tricks.
How do we plan ahead, be prepared? Through faith. The Bible says we are to live by faith and that faith is given to us
when we are saved. How do you get more faith? In His Word (the Bible). That’s the way faith comes – from hearing
(reading, meditating in) the Word of God.
We don’t always want to hear that – that in order to build our faith up, we have to read our Bibles. Yet faith is like our
bodies – if you don’t feed your body healthy food, you will be weak, helpless and unhealthy. If you don’t feed your
Spirit healthy food, you will be spiritually weak, spiritually helpless and spiritually unhealthy.
That’s why the enemy works so hard to steal your time and makes you think it isn’t important to read your Bible
everyday. He wants to starve your faith out so he can destroy you.
Plan ahead. Make plans to read your Bible every day. Then when the enemy comes to steal from, kill and destroy
you, you will have your strength built up, in advance, and can defeat him every time, in God’s power. You can’t lose
and he can’t win!
Ephesians 6:10-11
Romans 1:17
Galatians 3:11
Hebrews 10:38
Romans 12:3
Romans 10:17 (NJB):
Luke 10:19
Inspiration Copyright © 2007 Nan C Loyd
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
| Plan Ahead |
Say it! I will read my Bible every day. I am victorious over all the tricks of the enemy. |
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