"Get behind me...."

Let me start off by saying yesterday was a really bad day. I stumbled yesterday. I barely followed my meal plan, it was just one of those bad days...but this morning I asked God to really speak to me. To really give me something to give me encouragement to get back on my feet from yesterday. I definitely heard Him today. He showed me two amazing verses!

I sent this one out as my verse today, this was the second verse He showed me:
"Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of man." Matthew 16:23......When I feel as if Satan (along with Twister) is coming at me from every side, this verse will definitely give me encouragement and strength. To encourage me to tell Satan to get behind me. To get out of my way. All he is is a stumbling block in my recovery, and ultimately my life. All he wants to do is make me fall. He wants me to listen to him and literally starve myself to death. Because he knows how God can use me. He knows how I can really make a difference in this world. He knows God has big plans for me and he doesn't want me to be able to fulfill them. He wants me to follow him, but he doesn't have in mind good things for me. He wants to destroy me from the inside out. He wants to kill me, but I won't let him.

This is the first one He showed me. I just read it at first, but then I read it again and read it the way God wanted me to. I heard what He was saying through the words Jesus said:

"I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way." Matthew 15:32....God doesn't want to send me down the path He has planned for me when I'm hungry.When I'm following Twister and starving myself, destroying my body. I can't do what He wants me to do because I'll collapse along the way. Not only will I not have physical strength to do His will, I'll be weak emotionally and spiritually. I won't be focusing on Him, I'll be focusing on my inner hunger. He's not going to use me in big and mighty ways when all I'm worrying about is being hungry. I can't serve Him when I collapse because I'm starved. He can't use me when I'm hungry. He wants me to eat and be healthy.

While yesterday was a very bad day, today has been better. These verses have given me so much strength for today. I can't tell you how encouraged I was after coming upon these scriptures and actually hearing what God wanted to tell me today. I don't know what I would do without the Bible. It's amazing to me how it was written so long ago, and there are so many things that relate to me today.