Most People will tell you that they would like to lose a few pounds. Somehow they would also like to eat healthier. What stops people from doing this great desire that they have on the inside of them? We all know that if we cut back on our intake of food, we will lose weight. This is so elementary but somehow we still don't believe it will really happen. So we spend lots of money on diets that promise to really show us how to do it! But guess what? Every diet that you buy, or read about is going to say the same thing...cut down your food intake and exercise!

These fancy diets might have a new plan of how to arrange your intake of food, and it might be more appealing with new shakes and bars to try, but the bottom line is, you will be eating less, and doing something different than you are already doing which has gotten you fat. Paul said in Galatians 5:17...For the desires of the flesh are opposed to the Holy Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are opposed to the flesh (godless human nature): for these are antagonistic to each other (continually with standing and in conflict with each other), so that you are not free but are prevented from doing what you desire to do. In essence, Paul was saying, if you are controlled by the flesh, you will not follow the leading of the Holy Spirit.

The flesh (being the desires of our bodies), is a very powerful force. If one has addictions in the area of food, the only way to be free of those addictions is to ask for God's help. Many people start a new diet will great hope that they will stick to the decision that they made to follow a diet plan. They may stick to it for a week through sheer will power, but after that the flesh comes through strong and says, "Okay, the weeks up, where's my cookies!?."

The problem is, that most people are excessively hungry. The problem is with the root of their appetite. We were all made to passionately love. That passion has been put inside us by God Himself. The World has done a good job of marketing everything it can to appeal to this passion and desire in order to make money. We've been programed to seek after food, other people, and things. We spend our lives trying to impress people in order to gain their approval and attention. This is a dead end road. It will never bring satisfaction.

God created us to love passionately. He created us to love Him. What we truly desire to feed, is that hunger inside of us to find the object of our love and passion. The secret is, that object is God. It is not a man or a woman, food, sex, success, or more possessions. This is what has driven man to destruction from the beginning of time. When we discover our true hunger, and begin to seek after God will all of our passion and desire, the desire for food becomes less of a stronghold. We must become completely honest with ourselves and God and expose our passion to Him, knowing He completely understands and satisfies all those who thirst and hunger after Him.

Christians who still struggle with food issues (or other addictions) have not sought after God in the most intimate way they know how to. It would be impossible for their physical hunger to be so distorted if they were seeking God enough to satisfy their true hunger. I will also venture to say, that those who do seek God in great measure, and still have food/addiction issues have great passion and need to seek Him even more. We can use our hunger for food that seems out of control at times, as a barometer of how much more we need to seek after God. God will fill us. In Psalm 81:10 He said to open our mouths wide and He would fill it. Ask God to invade your food. You'll will be able to follow any good, healthy eating plan with His help. Things will become more clear, and you will be on the road towards the real desires of your heart, which is God's plan for your life.



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About the author:

Kathy Guidry has studied nutrition for twenty years. She struggled with wanting to lose weight and look right in her teen years and got way out of balance through severe dieting and eating disorders. Out of great desire to change and be healthy, she began studying Psychology. She then attended Lesley College in Boston and received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology.