Voracious appetite
A lot of diets are happening
these days. We want to be trimmed for
our summer looks. We try to suppress our
appetite and look at our neighbour waistline and wish ours was thinner. We do exercise and work hard on our bodies or
get discouraged by our friend’s high
expectations of us. We just don’t
measure up to society’s level of expertise.
Unfortunately, what I have described happens often.
We look outward for solutions
to our problems, but, we are being eaten up by envy from the inside.
What is eating you up?
Come on, let’s be real?
Do you have friends or family members who are doing better than you in life? How do you feel about them? Is that envy eating you up? There is so much envy in this world. Nations at war with others, for what? Families fighting amongst themselves, is that
not envy? What about divorces? Envy and jealousy are such an ugly thing. I am not talking about the jealousy that
protects relationships. What is eating
you on the inside? Is it anger?
The Bible says that a
peaceful heart brings healing, but jealousy or envy is like a cancer rotting
the bones (Proverbs 14:30) that is my paraphrase of it based on different
translations to show you how ugly envy really is. Have you ever seen a cancer? I heard it was a
sickening looking thing.
What about your diet?
Jesus was right all
along, it is not what you eat that is corrupting you, but what is in you and
coming out of you through your mouth.
Try changing your words without changing your heart, it is virtually
impossible. The sins that you need to
take care of is in your heart. Society
has got it all wrong giving you a diet for this and that. Try praying for this and for that and you
will find out soon enough that your paycheck is enough. Rather, you have envy eating you up and you can
be satisfied with just, Jesus. He is the
Only One who will satisfy and fulfill you. Envy is a lie and could destroy you
in the end. You need help! Please leave a comment below.
What
goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their
mouth; this is what defiles them.’ (Matthew 15:11)
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