“Your whole heart”

I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am the Lord; and they will be My people and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart. Jeremiah 24:7

Verse Reflections:  This is what I’m talking about!  If we don’t return to the Lord with our WHOLE hearts we will never be His partners.  He has given us unlimited power through His word, through our prayers to Him.  And yet, we “squeeze it in”.  We make it an afterthought, a thing we do “on the fly”.  We have to be purposeful.  We have to “love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our entire soul so that we might LIVE”!  Deuteronomy 30:6.  We have been trying to eat right with just a surface prayer, without passion.  I don’t know about you but I am passionate about changing.  I can’t keep doing the same thing(s) over and over again.  Eating and gorging then chastising myself and feeling guilty.  I seem to always say tomorrow…  Well this minute is the only minute that will change our lives.  Tomorrow will never change our lives. Seeking God with our whole heart will be only way that we can change.  I am truly enjoying eating God foods and yet, when I don’t stay close to Christ and I mean close to Christ, Satan comes in and fills me with His lies.  He convinces me that tomorrow is good enough to “start”.  Well we all know there is another tomorrow after tomorrow arrives.  We all know that there will be another day that we need to celebrate, or to indulge our depression.  I’m done.  I’m am returning to God with my whole heart.  I am beginning my day with these thirty minutes of passion, of giving my whole heart to God. Then I am exuding confidence that he HAS given me the power to overcome my food addictions.   He HAS given me power to eat His foods, to want His foods.  I’m naming it and claiming it people.  I am using the heart He has given me, the heart that hears His calling.  I know He wants me to do this. And we are doing this!

Prayer:  Okay Lord, I come to You with my whole heart, not just a piece of it.  I love You so much and yet I do just squeeze You in some days.  You know I talk to You every day because You are my best friend but I don’t come to You as my Lord and savior.  Today, I come to You as my Lord, my commander, my savior.  Father, You have already won these battles here on earth.  I have lost this one.  I cannot eat right, make the right choices without You.  I cannot be the general in my own army, of my own battle.  You must lead.  Sometimes, I take Your hand but I am walking beside You, or even leading the way with my little confident self.  Well, it “ain’t” working.  I don’t know why I ever thought it would.  I haven’t done it consciously but I have not been on my knees in surrender.  Here I am surrendering my weaknesses to You, my strength.  I love You more than life itself.  I dedicate myself to Your leadership today with my whole heart.  Lead me and guide me today in everything I do.  I will start my day with a healthy breakfast even though I hate breakfast.  Okay, first words I hear from You today is that I need to change my words, they are powerful.  New words:  I am going to enjoy breakfast this morning and every morning.  Thank You for the privilege of living in a country where food is plentiful and even when there are financial issues I still eat.  You are my Lord.  Thank You for loving me enough to care about my battle, the place that temptation strikes me.  We got this together, but I am going to let You lead the way.  Love You