Friday Flashback Devotion #2

Hi, Everyone.
This second Friday Flashback Devotion is from my personal journal dated April 10, 2007. I hope you enjoy it.

In prayer today, I asked God to help me with this area of self-control, for I know that on my own I can't seem to exercise it. He was so clear in saying to me, "Don't you think that if you purpose in your heart to work with Me, for My glory, that I will enable you to do it?" Of course! It was a lightbulb moment for me! God will enable me. If I do my part, He will do His part. I don't have to strive. (Sigh of relief) I don't have to strive.
God gave me II Corinthians 3:16-18, "Whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit." I knew from the moment I had repented of wrong motivations for losing weight and gaining self-control, the "veil" was taken away. I knew that I had begun a transformation process, and if I keep my eyes on the glory of the Lord, I will become more and more like Him.
The Lord challenged me to look deeper into my heart, for an additional, more negative, more destructive motivation. At first I didn't know what He meant, so I asked for the wisdom that only His Holy Spirit can give, and I waited. Soon, it came to me.
I realized that, in the past, I have been motivated to stay heavy, to hate my body, and, even though I knew it was wrong, to self-destruct. All of that is sin. On my knees once more, I confessed it. I acknowledged that God had made me, and, as His child, my body is His temple. I asked for forgiveness and for help to know how to do ALL to His glory and honor.

Today, ask God to help you know what your part is in this weight-loss journey, and ask Him to do His part as you do your part.

Blessings,
Mary