A taste for something else

Most people hate dieting.

I mean despise it.

It is not fun.

So, as a result, most people are miserable as they diet.

It is difficult to not eat what you want and like to eat.

It is difficult to watch others eat what you would normally eat (and like to eat).

So here is what happens:  people who diet, spend all of their energy in focusing in on what they CAN'T eat and not on what they CAN eat.

And as a result, they become so irritable and frustrated with the food they have to eat that they can't lose weight, and eventually end of giving up the diet.

Why is that?  Because they do not have a taste for the food they need to eat in order to reach their goal.  They are only focused on what they can't eat and not on what they can eat.

What's the solution?  Can a taste for those things that are good for you to eat.

If you do that, you will naturally eat the right things and get the benefit of eating in a healthy way.

Spiritual application:

If you desire to lose the weight of the world in your life, focus on the good things of the Lord, rather than the bad things of this culture we live in.

Allow the Holy Spirit to change your "tastes."

Begin to develop a craving for the things of the Spirit, God's Word, spiritual conversations with friends, time spend in prayer.

Paul writes in Philippians 4:8, "....whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things." 

Here's what I know: you and I can't force holiness and godliness in our lives.  It can only be accomplished through the Holy Spirit changing us and our cravings and tastes as well.

David prayed in Psalms 63:1, "O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water."

Are you thirsty for God? 

Are you hungry for God?

Or the things of this world?

Just a thought for a Tuesday.