Repentance


“Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory,just as by the Spirit of the Lord.”
2 Corinthians 3:17-18 (NKJV)

 
There are many words that describe change in the Bible. The most common meaning is in connection with the necessity to transform or exchange one thing for another. In some instances the word is translated repentance, which indicates a change of mind.

As we begin this journey toward a healthy body, one of our first responsibilities is to repent for the way we have misused and abused how much and what we eat. Most of us have developed elaborate excuses for overeating or eating what is not healthy. If we are truly going to find a lifetime of liberty from being controlled by appetite, we must begin with truth in our inner heart. We must expose the hidden eating behaviors we have grown so attached to and confess them to God. He will have such tender mercy on us and He can then begin to show us wisdom for true transformation.

Ask the Holy Spirit to help you today as you search your heart for areas that need change. Ask Him to create in you a clean heart and to restore the joy of living in liberty from food and sugar addictions.