Spending Our Days ~ Sunday Devotion
“So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 (NKJV)
God has a plan and purpose for our lives. He knew us before we were born and had our lives mapped out for us. He saw ahead how we would spend our lives, the choices we would, and are yet to, make.
Our days are numbered. Do you want to spend those days obsessing over your weight?
I used to think my life’s mission was to find a magic pill and lose the extra weight around my midsection. I spent my days searching for a new trick to try to flatten my stomach or make the needle move on the scale. If someone said to me, “You look like you’ve lost weight. Have you been trying?” My response was, “Always.”
It was no stretch to say that I felt like my life’s purpose was to lose weight. And yet, I remember having a strong desire to know how to find God’s will for my life. Surely, the Lord wanted more for me than to pursue weight loss!
Our days are numbered. Let us spend our days embracing our age and stage of life instead of pursuing weight loss. Share on XWell, He did. Thankfully, those days weren’t wasted. But it wasn’t that I lost weight, it was that I gained purpose. And that purpose is to help women break free from diets and discover how to live confidently in the body she has.
I learned that He doesn’t want you and me spending our days obsessing over our weight. He doesn’t want us to spend our days feeling uncomfortable in our bodies. The Lord wants us to spend our days living the life He’s designed for us.
What has He called you to do? Who has He placed in your life to love and serve? You can’t do those things and love those people when your days are spent counting calories, exercising for hours, feeling less than, and hiding from people and experiences.
How are you spending your days? Are you happy with how you’re spending them? Is God pleased with how you’re spending the days He’s gifted you?
Action Step: Spend today doing something that brings love and light to your soul, to those around you, and to your Heavenly Father.
Happy Sunday!
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