Oh yes, people of Zion, citizens of Jerusalem, your time of tears is over. Cry for help and you’ll find it’s grace and more grace. The moment he hears, he’ll answer. Just as the Master kept you alive during the hard times, he’ll keep your teacher alive and present among you. Your teacher will be right there, local and on the job, urging you on whenever you wander left or right: “This is the right road. Walk down this road.” You’ll scrap your expensive and fashionable god-images. You’ll throw them in the trash as so much garbage, saying, “Good riddance!”
Isaiah 30 verse 19-21
This passage is a bit longer than usual but it reiterates last week’s passage (Proverbs 3:5-12) which has been the most helpful passage for me as I turn away from food and towards God.
Cry for help and you’ll find it’s grace and more grace… Isn’t grace a wonderful thing? I don’t need to get this right all of the time. In the past, I have gone gung-ho at a diet and the moment I fail is the moment I give up. But God doesn’t want or need perfection. He knows that is not even possible. So He gives us Grace. And he doesn’t just give us Grace, He gives us ‘more Grace’. All this Grace means I don’t need to expect perfection and so I don’t need to give up once I feel a failure. Grace means I get to carry on regardless of how many times I fail. And y’know what? This is going to be the reason I succeed this time.
The moment He hears, He’ll answer… I need to get into the habit of asking God to help me every single time I struggle with food. He will always have an answer. I don’t need to figure this out on my own. I need to listen to God’s directions and follow them.
Your teacher will be right there, local and on the job, urging you on whenever you wander left or right: “This is the right road. Walk down this road.”… This supports Proverbs 3:5-12 ‘Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; He’s the one who will keep you on track’ I need to make sure my walk with God is close so that I can here His advise, and hear which way he wants me to turn and perhaps most importantly, hear what food he wants me to eat. When I walk close to Him, I will have His support, His advice and His direction. If I choose to go my own way, well then it’ll just be me, with my history of failure to bolster my efforts.
You’ll scrap your expensive and fashionable god-images. You’ll throw them in the trash as so much garbage, saying, “Good riddance!”… This is important, especially for me. I believe this is the crux of my problem with food. It is my idol. But as much value that I give to it, God’s word says it is garbage and needs to be thrown in the trash. And once thrown, it truly will be ‘Good riddance!’
Layers of Fat 