June 4, 2008
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WEDNESDAY WISDOM
As I was reading this morning in Colossians the first chapter, I was struck with the verse....the faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven.....
Do you sometimes start a project only to find later that you are not as excited about it as you were when you started?? I as many of you know have been on a weight loss journey now for a great while. When I started I was so excited, writing down everything I ate, exercised daily..etc
Now, after so long a time, I am not using a food journel or exercising much. Why is this?? I forgot about the hope in me....Jesus....who can do and will sanctify me. Why don't I "hook on" to the power of Jesus? Maybe the old sin nature and it is easier to "do it myself" like my great niece who is almost 3 says....
We do not...I do not tap into the power that is mine in Christ Jesus. Like a rat under the master's table I am content with the "crumbs"......
Are you content with the crumbs????????????
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I've felt like that. I pray that God will help the both of us to not be content with crumbs.
@waiting_for_the_final_trumpet - thanks
relying on God's grace is not really about "letting God and letting go," but an act of discipline whereby we must come out of our usual self-reliance and exercise trusting and seeking Him to do what we should... it is definitely hard and at times painful! I am there with you!
I would imagine that it has to do with renewing our minds.
If for years all you thought you deserved were the crumbs....then you would have learned to be content with those crumbs. And your behavior probably began to match your surroundings. Then someone said.....there is a plate up here for you.....and You (I) began to wonder if it was really possible. If we would even fit in.
He does not mean for us to be hidden away under the table. We can come as we are and He will help us change what needs to be changed as we follow His lead.
It would be nice to finally be finished with this battle. To be seated elegantly at the table eating only what is needed. One day!
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