God Doesn’t Want You to Fail!

God takes no pleasure in our failure. He does not want us to suffer through some complicated weight loss scheme! Weight loss isn’t about denying oneself chocolate, cheese, eggs or even whole grain bread while consuming only rice cakes and celery. There is no need to suffer through some restrictive, unappetizing diet plan in the quest to get healthier.

Yet many dieters suffer through unnecessary dietary rules, regulations and tasteless choices. I call this the “penance principle.” In the effort to lose weight, some feel they must suffer through horribly tasting food and consume few calories to gain acceptance, thinking God will be pleased with their “sacrifice.”

God doesn’t desire sacrifice, He only wants your obedience: “But Samuel replied, “What is more pleasing to the LORD: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams.”  (1 Samuel 15:22)

God already instructed us how and what to eat in Genesis 1:29: “Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.” And then after the flood in Genesis 9:3, mankind began to eat meat: “Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.”

In the process of imbibing a restricted, low-calorie diet, vital nutrients, muscle tissue and energy are lost. Follow a sensible diet such as the Dash, Mediterranean,  or Volumetrics Diet.

True health is about nutritional practicality, physiology and our emotional attachment to food and as I’ve proclaimed to my patients: “Life’s too short to eat bad cheese!” God doesn’t want you to settle for second best so neither do I.

Life is a never-ending research project. Every day on the internet you’ll read about new research on diets and biological health. Some studies are based on physiological facts but others on evolutionary garbage created by man and not based on Biblical Truth. Base your diet on Genesis 1:29 and Genesis 9:3.

Create a Positive Attitude: 

It is amazing how the mind can be one’s most motivational cheerleader and friend one moment and in a blink of an eye, be its worst enemy. One’s mind can build up – but also break down a person so emotionally that they hide their subconscious thoughts behind closed doors in a far-off corner of the brain.

Sometimes it’s simply too painful to unlock those memories to view them honestly. We build emotional walls of untruthful statements such as “I’m a failure,” “I knew I couldn’t do it,” “Maybe my teacher is right, I’m stupid.”

No wonder we search for ways to self-medicate with feel-good chemicals that blot out emotional pain. Addictive chemicals found in drugs, alcohol, smoking or even chocolate, ice cream, donuts and spicy foods like spicy salsa can diminish our inner pain, providing comfort.

But through it all know this: God loves you. He created you before the world was created. He knows you individually and how much you can endure and will not provide more than you can bear. You are unique to God. We all react differently to provocations and pain. He has provided a way out if we desire it.

“No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.” (1 Corinthians 10:23)

Place your challenges in God’s Hands.