WE RUN THIS RACE TOGETHER

If you are interested in losing weight, I present to you the incredible new “Loser’s Diet”. Just follow this diet and you are sure to lose. 

LOSERS DIET

Breakfast

• ½ grapefruit 
• 1 slice whole wheat toast 
• 8 oz. skim milk 

Lunch

• 4 oz. lean grillled chicken breast 
• 1 cup steamed broccoli
• 1 Oreo cookie 
• Green tea 

Mid-afternoon snack

• The rest of the package of Oreos 
• 1 quart of rocky-road ice cream 
• 1 jar hot fudge

Dinner

• 2 loaves garlic bread 
• Large pepperoni and mushroom pizza 
• Large pitcher of root beer 
• 2 Snickers bars 
• Entire frozen cheesecake, eaten directly from freezer

Diet Tips:

• If no one sees you eat it, it has no calories. 
• If you drink a diet soda with a candy bar, they cancel each other out. 
• When eating with someone else, calories don’t count if you both eat. 
• Food used for medical purposes never counts, such as: hot chocolate, toast, and Sara Lee cheesecake. 
• If you fatten up everyone else around you, then you look thinner. 
• Movie-related foods don’t count because they are simply part of the entire entertainment experience and not a part of one’s personal fuel. 
• Cookie pieces contain no calories. The process of breakage causes calorie leakage. 

So...that all seems pretty ridiculous, right?  So funny.... ha ha ha.  Here's the thing though, a whole bunch of us Christians today try to live our Christian life using the same silly model.  We start off great in the morning.  Maybe we squeeze in some Bible time.  Maybe we even find some time to talk with God in prayer.  But, by the end of the day, we have already blown it big time...more than once.  We can always rationalize our actions by saying things like:

• "Well, if nobody sees me sin, then it’s really no big deal.” 

OR

• “If I sin with my friends, then it’s ok because everyone is doing it.” 

Can I just tell ya something?  That is just as ridiculous as the “LOSERS DIET”.  When we commit to Christ, for real, we are signing up for the long haul commitment.  The Apostle Paul said, "I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God...".

Paul started well and Paul ended well.  He did not give up when the going got tough.  Jesus said life would be tough.  Paul did not try to bend the rules in order to make life easier.  He hung in there and he finished the race.  Christian, keep in mind that you are not alone in this race.  As true disciples, together we are the adopted children of God and co-heirs with Jesus.  We run the race before us - together!

Paul was just a guy like us.  One thing Paul did which is a proven method for finding real-deal reward, satisfaction, and fulfillment in life is that Paul put more focus on God and His Biblical standards than he put on himself and his own preferences.  What we need is actually quite evident:  We are in great need of more God and less us!  #MásDeTi

I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God’s heavenly call in Christ Jesus.  

Philippians 3:14 CSB