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<< [home] [indonesian] >> Q: I know God delivered you from a weight problem that had plagued you all of your life. What brought you to the place of being able to receive victory in this area? A: First of all, let me make a very important correction. God didn’t deliver me from a weight problem. He delivered me from a food problem. It is vital for you to understand that, because as long as I was simply trying to lose weight, I experienced repeated failure. I lost literally hundreds of pounds, only to gain them right back. I wasn’t able to experience victory in that area as I had in other areas of my life. Finally one day, I made a firm decision. I told God, “I am not going one step further until I find out what to do about my weight! In the Name of Jesus of Nazareth, I am going to get some answers!” Then I went on a fast, shut myself away from everyone and determined to hear from God. During that fast, the Lord revealed the real source of my problem. He showed me that I wanted to lose weight, but I didn’t want to permanently my eating habits. I was a glutton who wanted to continue in my gluttony and somehow escape the consequences. God couldn’t be a partner to that! In His Word, He put gluttony in the same category with drunkenness. It is a sin. No wonder my prayers had gone unanswered! So, I changed my prayer. First, I repented of the sin of gluttony. Then, instead of asking God for deliverance from my weight problem, I asked Him for deliverance from my food problem. At first it was difficult for me to understand just how I could receive deliverance in that area. When I had received deliverance from tobacco, I’d just given it up totally. The same thing was true with alcohol. But food? If I gave that up completely, I would starve to death! Then the Lord set me straight. I’m not going to deliver you from food altogether, He said, just from certain kinds of foods. I knew what He was talking about. He was talking about foods that were unhealthy – full of fats and sugars. He was talking about putting me on a permanently healthy diet. Now, don’t get me wrong. All of my problems didn’t vanish overnight. I had to make a firm commitment – a quality decision from which there was no turning back – to put gluttony behind me. And I had to stand on the Word of God in faith, believing He would deliver me just as He had promised, and allow Him to develop new desires within me regarding food. Instead of constantly feeding my body with cakes and pies and fried chicken, I began to constantly feed my spirit with the Word of God. As I did, God’s victory began to replace my defeat. I discovered, as Philippians 4:13 says, I truly can do all things through Christ – the Anointed One and His Anointing – which strengthens me! Now I can truly say I feel no more pressure in that area. Food is no longer a problem for me. It once had me totally bound. But now, thank God, I’m free. The same thing can happen to you if you’ll go to the Lord and ask for deliverance, not only from the weight problem, but also from the food problem that very well may be behind it. Spend time in the Word. Spend time with the Lord in prayer. Let Him show you what the source of the trouble is. Don’t just ask Him to change your looks, ask Him to change your life! I know from experience. He’ll do it! <Reprinted with permission of Kenneth Copeland Ministries, Locked Bag 2600, Mansfield Delivery Center, QLD 4122, Australia, Believer’s Voice of Victory, Volume 28, No. 4, ©2000> << [home] [indonesian] >> |
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