“Food fight”

The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still. Exodus 14:14

Verse Reflections:  This verse takes a lot of pressure off of me, the competitor.  I want to win.  I want to be as close to perfect as possible.  I want to look perfect, wear my close perfectly, run a good distance.  I want to beat this hold that food has on me.  But this verse tells me to chill out.  This verse tells me that The Lord will fight for us.  Isn’t that a beautiful thought?  We can just be going through our days and God will be in the boxing ring, fighting off our demons.  And yet, we must not ignore the key words “The LORD”.  He must be the Lord of our lives, not just our God we believe in. That means we must give our power to Him, give our time to Him, give our families to Him, give our relationships to Him, give our problems to Him, give our money and our work to Him.  He must be LORD of our lives.  It is simple and yet it is a conscious act of handing over our authority, our leadership to Him.  For me, I have to repeat this process every morning.  I tend to start taking a little bit back, and a little more and a little more until wah-lah at the end of the day I think I am all that and more.  I either rocked the day or I totally blew the day.  Hmmm… I am going to imagine a food fight today with a little impish God throwing the first piece of food.  Then, while I am having fun with the food fight, He runs to the boxing ring to fight off the control food has on me.  Okay, I know this verse says to “be still” but I really have a problem being still.  No, I am not hyperactive just very active.  That is my story and I’m sticking to it.  I am being very still while I “devote” this morning so at least I start off still.

Prayer:  Thank You God for fighting my battles for me.  It really does take pressure off of me to imagine You in a boxing ring behind me or better yet in front of me.  I won’t have to work as hard at just being.  I know I don’t have to be perfect but I tend to want to try to have everything together.  I want my house clean, drawers clean, closets clean, I want my clothes to fit well, I want to have a great figure with no cellulite, I want to be great at my job.  Help me to just be still.  I know instead of focusing on me, I could be still and smell the roses, see the natural beauty, see the wonderful people around me, read scripture.  I think You need me to be still just to refocus on You sometimes.  When I am going and going like the energizer bunny I can be too busy to talk to You.  It helps me so much to start my day by inviting You to lead me.  I am a better person.  Honestly, I tend to talk to You all day even in my business when I start the day with You.  So, today, I once again ask to You to be Lord of my life.  I give You the power to fight my battles for me.  I give You my battle with food.  Today I am going to let You lead my food fight.  I’ve tried to lead for over 30 years and I’m not winning.  It is Your turn.  Thank You for being willing to fight for me.  Love You and adore You.