FREEDOM FROM OVEREATING: DAY 23

Hey girls

Today was especially hard day for me. It was probably the toughest day I had in 2 weeks. Do you ever have one of those days where you feel disorientated, as if your mind just doesn’t want to comply with your heart’s desires to do good? Well, that is exactly how I felt.

My mind was a tornado today, devouring all the self-control I’ve been practicing the past couple of weeks.

My mind was a tornado today, devouring all the self-control I’ve been practicing the past couple of weeks. My flesh was weak to the bone with the burden of destructive thoughts. This created a snowball effect resulting in lack of self-discipline in my studies.

As I continued during my day, trying to work diligently but failing and trying to deny my flesh, I realized that it was time to sit with Jesus and write to Him about my struggle. He is a God who knows all our thoughts and struggles, yet He still listens to us when we speak to Him.

He is after all a God who knows all our thoughts and struggles and yet, He still listen to us when we speak to Him.

As I started writing, the huge rock I’ve carried on my shoulders, started breaking up bit by bit and rolling off. When a lie entered my thoughts, I wrote to Him and I replaced the lie with His truth. Suddenly, the chains fell off and all I had to do was willingly surrender the thoughts that have held captive. I surrendered by imagining the destructive thoughts or fleshly desires and throwing it away into the far distance.

We weren’t created to be taken captive by our thoughts but to take our thoughts captive and make it obedient to God (2 Cor. 10:5)

And there was silence… I was enabled to sit and rest in the stillness.

Today I gained victory over my thoughts. I’m sure we all have days where we feel overwhelmed and weakened by our thoughts. I want to encourage you ladies that if you ever experience this, you can sit with God and tell Him about your thoughts. You can ask Him to replace the lies with truth and you can throw away those thoughts. We weren’t created to be taken captive by our thoughts but to take our thoughts captive and make it obedient to God (2 Cor. 10:5).

Lots of Love

Inge xx