SOLDIERING ON SANS ICE CREAM
Friday, August 03, 2018
2Timothy 2:1-4
Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And
the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit
thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. Thou therefore
endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth
entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who
hath chosen him to be a soldier.
I like ice cream,
favoring butter brickle or mint. I also like cinnamon bears, enjoying 10 to 20
per session. Then there are a few other select sweets, chocolate etc. Since
being diagnosed Type 2 diabetic last year I have ceased ingesting ice cream et
al.
How so? By
superior will power?
Not by will power
which would involve turbulent struggle on my part. It is being accomplished by
submission to mission. The mission centered in pleasing God. (Eccl.12:12-14; Rom.12:1-3;
2Tim.2:4a) Diabetes fed improperly would distract from mission. Struggling with
will power would compromise the mission. It is far better to separate unto
mission by submission and please Him rather than pleasing my appetite.
EBB4
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