Join Me on a 'Fat Free' Diet

As I get older, I have found myself with some mental habits that are endangering my close relationship with Jesus and therefore my connection to heaven, both of which I rely heavily upon for daily living.

 

I'm talking mainly about grumbling and expressing my own opinion.

 

"Come on ref. That's never a penalty!!"

I'm particularly bad during competitive sports matches such as football, where everybody is the expert pundit. Right?

Well, as natural and acceptable as this sounds, the Holy Spirit is not impressed. You only have to look at God’s reaction to the grumbling ten spies in Numbers 13-14 to find out what He thinks of complainers!

 

Instead,

"Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure."

Personally, I am determined to deal with these bad habits, so I have put myself on a 'diet'.

A Dietary Metaphor

 

 

What do I mean?

 

Imagine that these complaints and opinions are fatty foods that feed our egos.

A dieting challenge!

Let us take notice of God’s word and go on a diet by cutting them out.

 

How?

The 3 R's to a Fat Free Diet

Recognise – be aware when you complain or give an opinion

Repent – bring the sin before God and be forgiven

Replace – with God’s nutritious Word

 

A relevant example from His Word is this,

"Trust in the Lord completely, and do not rely on your own opinions.

With all your heart rely on him to guide you, and he will lead you in every decision you make."

 

 God once said to me, 'If you keep expressing your own opinions, I cannot give you mine.'

 So, practicing the 3 R’s allows God’s revelation to come as you clear the way for Him.

God's Nutritious Word. Good for your health!

So, can I have an opinion?

 

 

Yes. We can express opinion, but only as aligned to God. Jesus demonstrated this for us.

 

He said to the religious people,

"You decide according to what you can see and touch. I don’t make judgments like that. But even if I did, my judgment would be true because I wouldn’t make it out of the narrowness of my experience but in the largeness of the One who sent me, the Father."

 

The Outcome

 

Let’s bless our environments with Christ’s ideas and designs,

not our own, and see His kingdom come here on earth.

 

 

 

 

Quoted Bible Sources

Phil 2:14 NIV

Proverbs 3:5 TPT

John 8:14-18 MSG