Do you have a biblical conviction about your weight?

Here is a post that John did today on our private weight loss blog. I thought it was so good so I wanted to share it with you.

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Do you have a biblical conviction about your weight?
1 Cor. 10:31 "So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." (ESV)Here is a question and a few thoughts for all of us. Do you have a biblical conviction about weight loss? I hope you do, because I think we will fail if we don't. You see I don't mean that we can't lose weight if we don't have a biblical conviction. Many people in the world prove each year that they can lose weight without a biblical conviction, but what I am talking about is bringing glory to God. We will fail in our relationships with God and with each other if we loose weight without bringing glory to God.God wants us to do everything for his glory. Read the above verse again. It is clear that God is concerned about our eating and drinking. And the apostle is charging all of us to eat and drink for the glory of God. It probably goes without saying that our bodies currently demonstrate that we have not been bringing glory to God by the way we have been consuming food and drink.But there is hope! Yes, we can change. We can start to bring glory to God today and do so everyday. First, we need to believe that Christ will help us by his Holy Spirit to bring glory to himself. Second, we need to repent about our sin of overendulgence of food and drink. Then we need to begin to eat and drink in a way that brings glory to God. Here is were Weight Watchers helps us. I think Weight Watchers has this right - there is no restriction from certain foods - it only restricts us concering the amount of food and drink that we intake. I believe that is biblically accurate - since Christ made all foods clean (see: Acts 10:15) and gives us the power to have self-control (fruit of the Spirit).So, are you concerned about eating and drinking to the glory of God? I hope you are and that you understand that WW is part of the process. But remember that it is only part of the process - believing and repentance also play a big part of bringing glory to God. Here is a prayer for all of us.

Father God, help us today to have a biblical conviction to loose weight. We all need to and we all know it. Help us to do this through your strength, and not on our own power. We are totally dependant on you to help us, but we know that we must act. Help us to act in your power to choose the right food and the right amounts that will bring glory to you. Also, please encourage our souls today concerning this process. We know that it will take many months for our bodies to show how hard we are working to bring glory to you, but please don't let us be sad or discouraged about this gap of time. For this will take time -- for the outside to show the work that you are doing on the inside. For Christ's glory we pray these things. Amen.