My body no longer belongs to me to do as I wish.  No more can I stuff down food that looks good or drown my feelings by overeating.  I have surrendered everything to the Lord, including what I eat.  I had to get rid of anything standing in the way of my relationship with God.  Food was once a large barrier keeping me from getting closer to God.  I tried for so many years to eat less, but had no long-term success until I realized my body is a temple, holy and belonging to God.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 is, “Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God?  You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price.  So you must honor God with your body.”  (Holy Bible, New Living Translation, 1996, 2004, 2007).  This means my body no longer is mine to do as I please with.  This level of surrender means I make myself ready to meet with God.  As I draw closer to Him, I realize that even a small amount of greed and selfishness is not acceptable.

Even on Super Bowl Sunday, when I am preparing to go to a party, I cannot overeat.  There will always be an excuse to overeat.  For me, I know that any “just this once” will grow into a week of sloppy eating.  After eating “sloppy” for the month of January, I would rather stay on track than eat what my body desires.  As long as I remember my body so a temple, I will not stuff it with excess food.