I know this is a late post. I wasn’t going to write today because I needed rest but the Lord just laid this on my heart. I suffer from what many other people do and that is Type 2 Diabetes. Having this illness means I have to be conscious of what I eat or drink because the consequences of eating certain foods or drinking certain drinks can be bad for my body.
What I have noticed is that my body craves certain things that are bad for me. I have that desire and like Chris Rock said in the movie New Jack City, “It just be calling me man, it just be calling me!”
Eating certain foods that are high in sugar will cause my sugar levels to raise and then cause setbacks. Then when your sugar is high then it will cause you to crave more sugary products. You can taste the soda or kool aid. You crave some cookies or ice cream. You want some Olive Garden bread or Pasta. All these things the body craves, but the consequences of partaking in these things are detrimental to my health. If I choose to go that route, it feels good for a little while. But the effects are damaging and my body feels the effects later.
We all have cravings and temptations to do things that are not good for us. The devil dangles those items in front of us and it looks enticing and it looks appealing but in the end it is more damaging to your life than you knew it would be. That is what sin is. Sin is a craving that looks good, feels good and looks like it will change your life but in the end it leads to death. Not necessarily a physical death but it could be spiritual death, emotional death, relationship death or have you on life support.
John 10:10 states, “the thief comes to steal, kill and destroy. But I have come that you may have life and life abundantly!”
I choose life. There are some things I may need to leave with the cashier on the checkout stand. Things that may look good and make me feel like the grass is greener on the other side. Everything is not good for me to have. When I choose LIFE…I choose the things, people and ideas that support the best of me and not just a temporary happiness.
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