Okay, I don’t think that’s a word, but
it still applies. I could claim it’s
worldly afflictions or that someone made me this way (bad food); I could claim
it’s the devil attacking me or a sensitive stomach due to stress, but the truth
is I ate too many unhealthy things today.
Sure my mom ordered a chocolate truffle cheesecake for me, but that was
only some of the chocolate and candy I had.
Then there was ice cream when I got home from the restaurant and that
last chocolate bar around 10:00pm . No wonder my stomach is rolling L.
Tums helps, but not as fast or as much
as I’d like it to. So here I sit feeling
all yucky, regretting what I’ve done and hoping it’s over soon. Isn’t it weird how we put ourselves into all
kinds of messes, end up in the consequences of those choices, feel miserable
but then blame God for not fixing it or blame others and or the devil for
making the bad things happen. We should
expect if we eat unhealthy, we will feel or be unhealthy.
Have you found
honey? Eat only .as much as is enough for you, lest you be filled with it and vomit it Pr. 25:16
That’s kind of the same in other areas
of our lives. We wonder why we are
depressed but we read depressing news, watch depressing shows, listen to
depressing music, and do nothing but moan and groan over the unfairness of
life. We wonder why our relationships
are falling apart but we never eat, work or have fun together, spend time
communicating with each other, and actually put all our devices down when doing
all this. Busted!
We wonder why we have no spiritual power
in our lives but we don’t pray, read the Word, submit to God, obey Him, spend
time in His presence, etc. Instead we
relegate Him to a small piece of our life.
We wonder why we are still struggling with sin and can’t stop but we
continue to do the things that lead us into sin (hang out with drinkers, watch
stimulating movies, check out that one site…) instead of drawing closer to
God. It’s a vicious circle, but what we
put into us will saturate our beings and cause negative consequences that
become unpleasant. And we have no one to
blame but ourselves.
I ate a bunch
of junk today, now I feel sick. It is
unlikely I would feel the same if I had eaten well. Junk food is okay within reason, but it
doesn’t make it good for me. “All things
are lawful to me, but not all things profit…” (1Cr. 10:23 ) And we are
not to be like the world that we seem to desire to be like so much. “Do not love the world, nor the things in the
world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him, because
all that is in the world, the lust of
the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the
Father, but is of the world.” (1Jh. 2:15 ,16)
We need to take a good look at where our
problems are coming in to see what part we play in it. If we are making poor choices that are having
negative consequences, then we need to take action to rectify the
situation. Talk about God in action
instead of complain about our misery.
Communicate with the kids instead of watching everyone play on their
devices. Choose to read the Word instead
of watching movies that depict sexual acts.
Spend some time in God’s presence instead of picking up that adult
magazine. Eat fruit instead of
sugar. Choose the good. Choose God.
Choose life.
I call Heaven and earth to record today against you.
I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore, choose
life, so that both you and your seed may live, so that you may love Jehovah
your God, and that you may obey His
voice, and that you may cling to Him. For
He is your life and the length of your days… Dt. 30:19,20