Doing Battle and Having Victory

The following (in green) is from Day 16 of The Lord's Table study I am doing online.  It is something I have struggled with every time I have lost a lot of weight.

Consider how Jesus warded off this assault and conquered the enemy:

1. With abhorrence and detestation. In a parallel passage Jesus states, "Get away from me Satan" (Matt. 4:10). If we are ever going to win this battle against overeating, we must ask God to give us a holy detestation of it, so that we cannot even bear the thought of it. How can we defile His temple, our bodies, in such a way?


2. With Scripture. "It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’" When dealing with fierce and intense temptations, answer from Scripture, and answer in brief. 

 It is so important that we follow Jesus' example and never give place to the devil.  Victory comes from the Word of God living in us that enables us to say no to temptation, not just our knowledge of Scripture.  Most of us have a lot of knowledge of Scripture but we also know that we still struggle with overeating.  We need to be obedient to the Scriptures we know and let it fill us up to help us to stand against the devil's schemes.

Looking forward to experiencing this victory on daily basis! 

And Jesus answered him, 

“It is written, 

“‘You shall worship the 

Lord your God, 

and him only shall 

you serve.’”

Luke 4:8