13 No
temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God
is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.
But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can
endure it.
In
the journey to use our faith to deter us from gluttonous ways we are
always in temptation. It's our culture and it's the American (and often
Worldly) way. We celebrate with food, we comfort ourselves with food, we
eat out of boredom and we indulge when it just tastes so great.
Temptations come from advertising, smells, enriched foods not in it's
natural taste that heighten to the maximum the sweetness that leaves the
brain and body alluring for more. What does your heart truly desire
though? What about your soul?
Temptations
are going to happen. It will then become a matter of what we do from
that temptation. Often we promise and vow to God that we will sustain.
I've read and heard from countless that they submit and then repent for
their unwilling flesh. However I urge you to deeply remember that you
have a willing soul and that it wants to connect you to God's word and
his promise. 1st Corinthians could be use more wildly than the
discussion of food. Such as idolatry, addictions and deeper rooted
sinful natures beyond a food addiction. However it deems just as serious
to me and to those that battle food addictions. How do we trust in our
God to provide and deliver us from that temptation?
We
know we are of the flesh it becomes our scape goat to commit the sin
and quickly repent. God wants better of us. He wants us to listen to
him, read his word and speak to him in your heart for when you are
tempted he will provide a way out and or help you endure. Can you trust
in that? We must it's apart of our Faith.
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