Luke 14:28 - For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
I recently read in "How to Run Your Business by the Book" written by Dave Anderson about a subject I thought I would never read in a book about running a business. It was about being overweight! He pointed out that being overweight can and many times affects your leadership. He then wrote that in order to lose weight your "'Why' must be bigger than your appetite." What did he mean? He meant my reasons for wanting to lose weight must be greater than my desire to eat! Simple truth, I know, yet it hit me in the heart as I began to make a list of why I wanted to lose weight:
- Health - to be with my family
- Confidence
- More effective leader
- Play with my kids (actively)
- Spiritual - gaining victory over a sin that has had a strong hold for many years
- Energy
- I would have more clothes! - I have kept some of my "smaller"clothes to wear as I lose weight.
- As much as I love my family, I would no longer be told how worried every one is for my health - At every family gathering..
- I will have learned discipline
- I will have learned to rely on God's strength and not my own
Just as the man in our verse counted the cost so we must count the cost as well. I encourage you to take five minutes and write down the "Why", count the cost, take the list and pray over it and ask God for victory! Then as you look over the list ask yourself the question I asked myself... Is it worth it? Lord willing you answer with the same answer I did. YES!!!
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