Healing, health, and obedience

This was supposed to be published a couple of weeks ago, it is the post I referenced in "Papa".  I don't know why it didn't publish, but some how God means these posts to be shown on the same day.  He knows best. 

Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one's slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?  Romans 6:17

As some of you may know, I have been given a report of some health issues by my doctor.  I believe that these problems are a direct result of my disobedience in eating habits and abuse of coffee.  In Tony's teaching on Sunday he spoke on Romans 5 where it talks about sin being handed down to us by Adam.  My addictive nature seems to be a family trait.  Why have one cup of coffee when you can have 3 or 4, why one serving of honey mustard pretzel pieces when you can have 2/3rds of the bag....

As I read on in Chapter 6, some verses seem to be jumping up to greet me.
Like verse 11-14:  Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.  Therefore do not let sin reign in you mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.  And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.  For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.  

The teaching from Sunday and these verses started speaking directly to the situation I am in.  It is through that addictive nature, handed down to me from previous generations and my obeying that nature that I have become unhealthy. But.........For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man's obedience many will be made righteous.  Romans 5:19

So onward to Monday morning and my quiet time with the Lord.  I opened up my Bible (and this was one of those rare "open it up to a page with a verse that calls out your name" times), and at the top of the page, highlighted, yoohooing my name was Luke 13:12 "...woman you are loosed from your infirmities".   Sunday I had told the Lord I would be looking for a verse on healing to couple with those on being dead to sin and obedience to righteousness so I could write them down on an index card to meditate on this week, and HE supplied the verse.  I did not even have to go looking for it, not pick one on my own, JESUS gave me His own words to encourage me and to strengthen me.   This lead me to the other woman, the woman with the issue of blood, Jesus healed, and to her He said "Daughter be of good cheer, your faith has made you well, go in peace", Luke 8:48.  

I realize that my healing has to come not just to my physical body, but it also has to be walked out spiritually, in obedience by me.  I have to walk out the verses in Romans, walk to meet the healing the Lord has promised.  I have to do my part.  It is absolutely driving me crazy not to have more than one cup of coffee a day.  But it is essential to my healing, both physically and spiritually to line up with the verses in  Romans 6.  I know that I need healing of my digestive track, but I also need healing of the cause, which is my addiction to food and caffeine.  I know to, that I have an awesome, loving Savior who desires to heal me.  I need to do my part.  God doesn't let us get away with sloppy, haphazard living.

Thank you Lord for giving me these verses to hold on to and claim as my own.  I pray that you will empower me to obey and walk to my healing.  I know You desire to bless each of us and I thank You for that.  Lead us each to the path of healing you have planned for our lives.