The Lord is...

Psalm 18:2 - The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

          He is my rock when I need something firm in a shifting world. While fad "diets" come and go, the Lord remains solid, stable, and more than capable of helping defeat the sin of gluttony. When I need some resolve, something solid I know I can go to the Rock. The word rock here is not a little piece of gravel, it is like a boulder that one can actually use for shelter. God is our rock when temptation floods our way we can trust that He will remain, solid, strong, and unmovable.

     He is my fortress when that temptation to get the "second, or third" helping attacks. A fortress is a place that not only protects us from the outside, but is also prepared with weapons on the inside. If, when tempted to eat too much, we run to our Fortress we will find not only protection, but weapons such as prayer, swift feet - to get away from the temptation, our Sword which is the Word of God and they are "prepped" and ready to go.

     If we will but only run to God in times of temptation, we will find that He will fight for us and He will deliver us. I found this out yesterday as I was eating lunch with my family. We were having pizza and my wife had put my food on my plate for me. I finished the pizza on the plate, I felt hungry still so I got up and said, "Is anyone hungry for anything else?" No one answered, I thought, "Ussually I can depend on one kid to respond about food." Nothing, so I asked again, this time the response came from my wife and she simply said, "I don't think so." Now I was stuck how was I supposed to sneak in the refrigerator for more food when no one else was still hungry? I decide then and there to get out of the kitchen and grab my gallon of water and sip on it. I found myself NOT hungry in about 5 minutes! Now you can say that my wife kept me from eating more, but in fact she was a tool God used to deliver me from that temptation of overeating. When I heard her response to my question, I "ran" to God and He was, at that time, my rock, my strength, and my deliverer! Today I feel much better because victory was mine!!