Fasting Devotional

I was attracted to this daily devotional because it’s short and sweet. I am further drawn to it, as I prepare for my 40 day fast. While my fast isn’t about dieting, per se, in the sense of losing weight. My fast is about giving up and reducing negativity in my life during the 40 days of the fast. Avoiding and risking certain temptations, be it, food, gossip, television, music, people, and so forth. So while these daily devotionals are food specific, I believe they can apply to anything one wants to give up, that which one is tempted by, or simply an issue one wants to take control over.

1 Corinthians 10:13

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

There are going to be times when we feel like throwing up our hands and saying, 'I just can't do it!' Dieting is not easy. Don't let anyone tell you that it is. We wouldn't need to diet if we could eat what we wanted when we wanted it. But know this: God will make sure we can hang on, if we include Him in our diet attempts. He knows how hard it is and how much we struggle. No matter how tempted we might be, He will help us escape it.

Today's thought:

There is a way to beat every temptation!

Devotions for Dieters: A 365-Day Guide to a Lighter You
Dan R. Dick