Some Facts about Food cravings
Having a craving for something is a strong and sudden desire to eat a particular type of food; most of the time it is an unhealthy or comfort food Cravings also trigger other signals that sometimes reflect a deficiency in your body. For example, if you crave…
…ice or red meat – your body needs iron
…chocolate – you need magnesium
…sweets – blood sugar level low/fluctuates
…salty foods – indicate stress or mineral deficiency
…cheese – indicate a fatty acid deficiency
Now it doesn’t give you license to go and eat excessively. The key here (warning label):
“Reaching for junk foods or heavy foods at the onset of cravings will only satisfy them temporarily. Making dietary changes that address deficiencies or imbalances can help eliminate them altogether” (Cook)
What’s the point?
Just like the body needs nutrients and minerals to keep it running at an optimal level. So the spiritual man needs to be fed the right type of food. The spirit part of us craves GOD
– God breathed into man and man became a living soul (that spirit is what connects us to God)
– Man sinned and became disconnected from God
– The only thing that can satisfy what the spirit craves is God (spiritual things)
– Rom 8:7-8 (MSG) “When we become obsessed with ourselves, we ignore God and what He is doing”
– We become carnal (we crave things that feed the wants and desires of our human instincts) as opposed to craving the
things that allow us to receive from and minister to GOD.
– That’s why we fall into a life of sin because those “cravings” are dominant in our lives as we maintain a diet of things
that draw us away from God instead of closer to God.
– If we don’t spend quality and quantity time in God’s presence then there’s a deficit in our spiritual life and it shows up in
anger, irritability, depression, discouragement, bitterness, hatred, unforgiveness, resentment, self-pity, hopelessness,
despair, envy, jealousy, family conflict, arguing, addictions, our self-centeredness deepens…Gal 5:19-21, 1 Pet 4:2-3
The answer:
A steady diet of prayer, bible study, meditation, worship, fellowship with other believers, will eliminate the “cravings” for things that interfere with or disrupts our relationship with God.
Scriptures:
- When you hunger and thirst after God, you will be filled…..Matthew 5:6
- As the deer drinking from a stream, I reach out to you, my God, my soul thirsts for the living God…..Psalms 42:1-3
- His words are sweet to my taste, sweeter than honey….Psalms 19:10
- O taste and see that the Lord is good….Psalms 34:8
- Eat so you can grow….I Pet 2:2
- You will be abundantly satisfied…Psalms 36:8
References
Cook, Michelle Schoffro.
The Life Force Diet.
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