Day 1

I have been reading the gospels lately because someone once told me that you should always be reading a gospel. Even if you’re reading another book of the Bible you should be reading a gospel at the same time. So I’ve been doing so. Right now I’m in John and on the very first day that I begin my journey against the temptation of over indulging and focusing on food, the Lord shows me this verse in John chapter 4:

“Meanwhile his disciples urged him, ‘Rabbi eat something.’ But he said to them, ‘I have food to eat that you know nothing about.’ Then his disciples said to each other, ‘Could someone have brought him food?’ ‘My food,’ said Jesus, ‘is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.” John 4:31-34

Jesus is not concerned about eating physical food. He is so focused on doing the will of his father that eating seems unimportant. Obviously Jesus believes that eating and food or necessary or He wouldn’t of provided 5 thousand people with a surplus of bread and fish, but His first priority is to do the will of His Father. My focus should never be on eating. My focus should be on the will of my Father. If I were to spend all of my time serving, loving and in the word, I doubt I would want to overindulge in things of this world. I would understand that food is merely a tool to sustain the body that holds my spirit: the spirit that can love and share God’s truth with others.

Today I ate grilled fish fillet with sauteed tomatoes and about of cup of pasta with a cube of butter. I also had a cup of green tea with honey. I’m trying to drink plenty of water to make sure I’m hydrated. I’ve also started up with my vitamins again. I’m not going to obsess over food because then it will distract me from the true purpose of life, but I am going to make sure that I don’t over eat.

I won’t be weighing myself…and I’m not sure when I’ll ever get back on the scale. I’ve realized that a number has always dictated the way I feel about my body or sometimes myself as a person. I’m not going to let that happen anymore, God’s going to decide that and according to Him I am His precious child whom He wants in His kingdom FOREVER. That sounds pretty great to me. When I’ve reached the body I think is healthy, I’ll know, I don’t need a scale to tell me how I feel. Also you must know that this is not a diet. This is simply me reevaluating how I eat and my mindset about my body- I want this area of my life to being glorifying to God as well as all the other parts of life.