Taking Action is the Key to Your Weight Loss Program

From a biblical standpoint, nothing is going to happen to your body if you do not take positive action. It doesn’t do you any good to have heard all of that information on how to build a good solid physical body if you don’t take action. You want to take care of your body. You want to live longer and you want to be a more active and powerful in your living.

You want to have more energy, more drive and more endurance. Why? Because you don’t want be a couch potato with no vision or no purpose in your life. There is a purpose in building up your body and there’s a purpose in building up your spiritual body. That reason is to live a blessed life. Not only should you want to look good and live a healthy and prosperous life, but also you should want to please God by being faithful and obedient.

There is no doubt about it that David was a man of action. But how can you apply David's example in your everyday life? One thing about action is there are different types of action. Action is a verb, it is a word that is explosive, and it means that you are doing something. Your actions could be positive or negative. For example, you can take positive action by going to the gym and exercising for one hour or you can take negative action by going to happy hour with some of your colleagues after work.

When the nine-foot tall Goliath came out and dared anyone to challenge him in battle, David recognized that something needed to be done other than what was being done. He took a giant step to face Goliath. He decided that his actions were going to be different than the actions which others had taken, which included fear, doubt and uncertainty. This was here he began to look at his belief system, his confidence in God, and the vision that God had gave him.

You, as a believer, must employ the same power and force for your giant weight loss goals. God is calling you into action.

The 3 Common Reasons for Not Taking Action:

1. Confusion and not knowing where to get started - you may have a great vision, but sometimes no plan on how to really do it.
2. Procrastination - you won’t even try! You create excuses to put off your vision.
3. You! - ask yourself: "What is really stopping me from achieving my vision?"

Look at the weight loss vision God has set for you, the vision you haven't followed. The one you have let go. Then ask yourself: "What is really stopping me from achieving this vision?"