“For most people, Jesus’s kind of humbleness is unfathomable. Here is God’s Son, humiliated on a cross for something He didn’t do. If we desire to be like Jesus, His simple yet profound prayer proves how essential complete humility is to a fulfilling spiritual life. Yet when we’ve resented people, situation, and institutions for their role in our current food struggles, ‘taking this sinful world as it is’ is a huge attitude shift. For too long, we have turned to food do soother our disappointment and anxiety.
To gain true serenity, we must accept what it happening outside of us, even when it is not as we would have it. Jesus’s prayer testifies to this truth.
As we progress in Lose it For Life, we will learn the importance of surrendering our will and food to God. The same must be done regarding our will for the world and people around us. An attitude of forgiveness must replace the attitude of control and judgment. As we continue on this path, we find that the less resentment we hold, the fewer triggers to overeat we encounter.
Today, Lord, I trade in my resentment toward the outside world and replace it with Your ultimate humility. Help me surrender my will for those around me to You. “ When they got to the place called Skull Hill,they crucified him…Jesus prayed, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Luke 23
Question: What is something that you are surrendering to God today?