Monday Meditation

I lost control yesterday.  I was bored.  I should have picked up my bible.  Instead, I stuffed my face and plopped down in front of the television.  Bad combination. 

With my regret comes knowledge you have to ever vigilant.  Although you can form new habits and even feel that these habits are a new norm and you wouldn't go back for anything

sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, 

but you must rule over it.” Gen 4:7b

and

Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion,

 seeking someone to devour.  1 Peter 5:8b

So, I'm meditating on these verses today and this week to start over again:

[Pro 25:28 ESV] 28 A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.

I want to be strong so I can go about God's work.

[1Co 9:25, 27 ESV] 25 Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. ... 27 But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

I don't want to be disqualified from representing Him well.

[1Th 4:4 ESV] 4 that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,

I want to be holy and honor Him.

[2Ti 1:7 ESV] 7 for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

I will stumble and sometimes fall but I have Him in me and He is willing to complete the good work He started in me.