Gluttony, Guilt, And God

Yes, there’s gluttony, and there’s guilt; but there also is God. The Bible talks a lot about gluttony and warns against it. On several occasions, God talks about not hanging out with gluttons. It’s even attached to gratifying the flesh.

When it comes to gluttony we can sometimes get into things that we shouldn’t eat, and feel guilty about afterward. The same is true spiritually in our walk with God. If we’re a glutton for sin, we then wind up experiencing guilt. Guilt is a very real and arresting emotion, shutting down all other emotions.

When guilt isn’t dealt with properly it stifles your relationship with God. It adds to the frustrations you can have, stymies whatever progress you’re trying to make; and steals whatever joy you’ve been holding onto. Guilt is very real.

Many of us have been gluttons with food, gluttons with sin; and guilt has come. But thanks be to God, He has a plan for both.

God desires that we would take care of our bodies. That we would not be given to gluttonous ways, that we would walk in grace, and walk in the wisdom of the Scriptures concerning health. God doesn’t throw us out. It doesn’t have to stop at guilt. God’s grace can overcome such things. When gluttony and guilt come, you can combine spiritual wisdom with the abilities God has given you to realize yes there’s gluttony, and there’s guilt; but there also is God.