Breaking Free. A Journey to Being Truly Satisfied
Day 2
Day 2
Bible passages Matthew 19: 16-22, Ephesians 1:17-23
“God made us capable of craving so that we’d have an
unquenchable desire for more of Him, and Him alone. Nothing changes until we
make the choice to redirect our misguided cravings to the only One capable of
satisfying them.” (Made to Crave 21 Day Challenge, Day 2)
I echo Paul’s prayer in Ephesians. The 23rd verse leaps out at me, desperately
telling me there is a better way, “which is his body, the fullness of him who
fills everything in every way.”
I have turned to food to satisfy me. I have used food to avoid the things I worry
about. I have used sex to make myself
feel beautiful. Again and again I have
created idols out of the things you intended to be gifts. I have distorted them, but because I walked
with you, went to church, read my bible, and spent time in prayer, I fooled
myself and my eyes did not truly see that living my life this way was
sinful. Many times I have read the story
of the rich young ruler from Matthew and thought that it did not really apply
to me. I am neither rich nor struggle
with holding onto my possessions. I
never before understood that as you looked into the heart of that man and saw
what held him back from a life fully devoted to you, you also were speaking to
me, looking into my heart and seeing what was holding me back.
I see now. I’m not
really sure where to go from here. This
has been the pattern of my life for 32 years.
As Paul prayed for the Ephesians that your mighty strength would work in
them, the same strength that raised Jesus from the dead; demolish the idols I
have held in my life. Rather than
craving food let me seek you. Rather
than covering my doubts let me give them to you. And let my beauty be defined by you alone. Amen.
My journal companion to working through the Made to Crave 21 day challenge and the book Made to Crave.
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