“Teach me”

Teach me to do your will for You are my God, may your good Spirit lead me on level ground. Psalm 143:10

Verse reflections:  We have a lot to learn.  I have developed some bad eating habits, some unhealthy cravings.  I love the idea of God teaching us to eat better.  He gives us a great lesson in Daniel.  Daniel takes a firm stand against indulging in wine, in rich foods.  He eats a healthy combination of fruits and vegetables and God honors his stance even to the extent of saving him from a vicious death by a lion.  This lesson is one that we can use to learn God’s will.  He is our teacher over and over in the word.  And yet, I have read it enough to know that I should honor my body.  I need Him to teach me HOW to His will.  I know His will.  And yet, so often I fail to do His will, this is a new concept to me.  We need to ask God to teach me to do His will.   I truly believe that He has revealed this plan to me: eating God foods + one additional splurge.  After riding a roller coaster of writing foods down, eating packaged foods, following someone else’s plan, I love the idea of the Spirit leading me on “level ground”. I have decided I would rather have the extra weight than continue down these crazy paths.  I have to have an option that will work for the rest of my life and I believe this is the plan.  Today He is going to teach us how to do His will.  We are going to eat God foods.

Prayer:  Thank You Father for teaching me to do Your will. Thank You for leading me on level ground.  This sounds like a simple verse but for those of us struggling with weight loss it is actually a revolutionary verse.  Level ground is what we are craving.  We want to be taught to do Your will.  We want to live on level ground.  Thank You Father for once again giving us what we need.  Today, I am going to claim these verses in my life.  You are teaching me to eat God foods.  Today, I am going to be the student that wants to learn.  You are leading me on level ground.  Today, I am going to enjoy walking, then running on this level ground and avoiding the roller coasters of craziness.  I live in Your body Lord.  Let’s take care of it together.