There are times in our lives where we need to take drastic measures, for many different reasons. Our purpose in life is to worship God and bring Him glory. If there is something in our lives that is stopping us from doing that, then we need to remove it. Our lives are so complicated and often have multi-layer problems that keep our focus off of God. I have realized in recent days, that God has not been my focus. I have many reasons/excuses why: I am tired, I am distracted, I have too many things to do, I worked late last night, the kids drove me crazy today, I haven’t felt good, did I say I am tired, I need to clean up, I have to do laundry... the list could go on and on and on. But really none of them should keep my focus from God. So what is clouding Him from me? What is in the way? It’s time to peel back the layers that is making God fuzzy and refocus!
For me, I am basically unhappy with myself. That spills over to all other areas of my life. My attitude, my relationship with Doug, my role as a mom. I have struggled with weight loss for my entire life (my first diet was at age 12 or 13). Now at the ripe old age of 31, I am still yo-yoing and cannot find permanent weight loss. I am aggravated and disgusted with myself for losing and yes regaining weight... yet again. I am unhappy with how I look, I am unhappy with my attitude, and I am unhappy with my lack of self-control. I think for me, being unhappy with myself causes all of the other “reasons” that take God out of focus.
I have a great life, a great husband and great kids, but being unhappy with myself throws all of the good out of balance. With time, it is consuming, stealing too much of my joy, too much of my peace and then Satan uses that to take my eyes away from the one who gives me everything.
So, what to do. I think most of it is a choice. I choose to have an attitude adjustment. I choose to focus on God and ask/receive the self-control that I need to take control of my eating and develop habits that will create at body that I can be happy with. I choose to look at what is getting in the way and remove it. I have a weakness for cheese. Oh how I love cheese... from my head down to my knees. I crave cheese and will just eat it. I am taking drastic measures... I am throwing away the cheese. If it isn’t there, I can’t eat it. If I throw it away that is a sign of the self-control that I am praying for. So for me,
Step #1:
Throw away the cheese
Result:
happy that I am taking measures to a happier me and a more focused relationship with My Lord.
So what is your cheese? What is stealing your joy and keeping you from being focused on the Lord. My challenge to you, identify it and then throw it away!
