Cleaning up your act

Gbex says: Shortly after I was saved, God showed me that I had a gluttonous spirit. In a restaurant, I had carefully ordered fried chicken breast, no dark meat for me! The waitress mistakenly brought me a huge thigh. I remember looking at that chicken thigh in absolute dismay. I really wanted the white chicken breast. Why, I had been waiting for it all morning!

My reaction clearly showed me that I had let my flesh get out of control in my lust for that chicken breast! That may seem like a small problem, but it signaled to me that I needed to be cleansed of that gluttonous spirit toward certain foods.

God doesn't expect instant perfection from us, but He does want obedience. As He shows us, little by little, we sin in our lives and we confess it, victory will come. It won't happen overnight, but, as we look to God, He begins a worked in our lives.