Don’t Ask
God to Make You Skinny,
If You
Won’t Diet and Exercise!
Have you
ever thought about all that is available to Christians? We have access to our father’s vast
storehouse, and yet, we often never take advantage of the full life God offers
to us. He tells us that wisdom is there
for those who ask. We need to ask and
believe that he will do what he says he will do. The bible tells us that “Ye have not because
ye ask not” (James 4:2b). How many of
us would pay to take a class and then never read the text book? Yes, a few college students do try to get by
without studying, but they usually flunk out.
If you’ve prayed for the wisdom God so freely offers, you need to put
action behind your prayers and study God’s word. Spend some time every day in his word soaking
up his wisdom. We need to put feet to
our faith. The Israelites would still be wondering around
in the desert if they had not put their faith into action, gone in, and
possessed the land God gave them.
Sometimes we ask for things out of God’s will
or for our own pleasure; and God’s answer is “No”! But a lot of times, he is willing to give us
what we ask, but we fall short on our part.
After asking and believing, we fail to go into action to reach our
goal. I could ask God to make me 118
pounds again; it would be well within his miraculous power to speak and make
all my extra pounds vanish immediately.
But God, in his infinite wisdom, wants me to learn how to become healthy
and eat right. He desires the best for
me and wants me to be in good physical shape, just like he designed me to be
before I damaged his creation. I must
follow his plan through diet and exercise to achieve my goal of a healthy
body.
I’m not
a member of the, “Name It and Claim It” club.
We must put our faith into action and rely on God for the strength to
meet our goals. His grace is sufficient
and he wants so much more for us than we can ever imagine. God wants his children to be healthy and
happy and relying fully on him. “For I know the plans I have for you,”
declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you
hope and a future” (Jeremiah 29:11 NIV).
It’s time to put tennis shoes on
our prayers and exercise our faith.
I
found the above that I had written 2 years ago and since then, boy do I have a story
for you! I was very over weight at 264
pounds. I knew I had to do something
about my weight, I was killing myself.
One day while I was talking with God in the shower about whether to have
the Lap Band surgery or the more invasive Gastric Bypass. My insurance said they would pay for the
Bypass but not the Lap Band and I really didn’t want Bypass even though I would
have to pay for the Lap Band myself. I knew
I had to do something, so I ask which option I should choose. He said, “My grace is sufficient.” And I said, but I’m so weak, I’ll never be able to lose weight. I’ve tried so many times and failed! Then I heard Him say, “My strength is made
perfect in weakness.” I said, well, OK
God, I’m trusting you.
As I said, that was two years ago. I wouldn’t say it’s been a picnic or a walk
in the park. It’s been a slow process
and some days I would get discouraged, but God has been there with me all the
way. The first thing I noticed was that
He curbed my appetite. I wasn’t eating as much at meals. Now I eat only about half as much as before
and my TV snacking has changed.
If I feel the need for a snack, (which is seldom) I crave fruit or nuts
not junk food like used to crave. Do I
still go out occasionally for an ice cream, yes, but I get a small
instead of the large like before?
I’ve got around 40 more pounds to go, but when I look back
on my journey. I see all the ways God
has held my hand and guided me through this weight loss maze and I’m trusting
in his word.
“Being confident
of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in
you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:”
