All the fulness of God

And to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fulness of God. Ephesians 3:17-19

Verse Reflections: Ahhhh, imagine being filled with the fulness of God. On those days when You eat and eat and eat and just cannot get full… stop and imagine God expanding inside taking up all the space. I have often heard that we have a God shaped hole inside all of us that only He can fill. I believe it. I often feel my anxiety, my pain, my worry, my bad days, my good days, my family stresses. I just invent reasons to prepare food and indulge. We CAN do this. We CAN know the love of God, which passes all knowledge and understanding to the point that we do not need food to fill our souls, to fill our holes. God can be the fulness we crave. Pull todays devotion and reread all the verses that He has given us to that will change our overeating and unhealthy habits. He has spoken the words that will heal us and fill us. Then eat a handful of protein that will increase your leptin and peptide YY which make you feel full. Do NOT eat carbohydrates (sugar is a carbohydrate) or process foods when you are having cravings. It will only make it worse. Yes, God will fill you with His fulness but we also have foods that He made that will stop the physical cravings. He gave us action steps. Start with the love of Christ for yourself. Love yourself just the way you are. This was a hard one for me. I am only 30 pounds overweight but in my head I do not love the way I look. God is healing me, I am finally loving myself with the love of God. This, in turn, is allowing me not to feel anxious about my looks. Not feeling this anxiety about looks, fear of failure or lack of “success” actually allows me to make better choices. Today, we will put God inside our bodies and feel the fulness of Him as we choose His foods and love ourselves with His unconditional love.

Prayer: Father, I am so inadequate on my own. And yet, these beautiful verses You are leading me to are slowly but surely changing who I am. I feel prettier, more adequate without losing weight because I see myself through Your eyes, in Your kingdom. Even as I embrace this love for myself, that alone allows me to make better choices. I thank You for settling into my soul, my body and filling this huge, gaping hole that I have been filling with food. Today I invite You in. Today I beg You to expand Your power to fill every little corner so that I do not feel hunger. And yet, as I heal, remind me of the healthy choices that will change me. Remind me to grab a handful of nuts or chicken or other protein so that I will fill up. It is too easy to grab a high carb snack that leads to cravings. Today, I will be filled with Your fulness. Today, I will choose God foods. Thank You for living inside me and changing me.  I love You. Me.