uummm, yeah

I did it again.
I worshiped at the altar of "Health and Beauty".
One month ago I adopted a rigid, way healthy, diet.
No caffeine, no soda, no coffee, green tea daily, and
every super food you can think of:
almonds
walnuts
oatmeal
soy milk
flax seed
salmon
asparagus
spinach
olive oil
pomegranites
brown, whole grain rice
quinoa
egg whites
etc...
What is wrong with this?
I think what is wrong for me in this is that I doubt the power of Christ in my sanctification to change me and help me to eat for Him. I "use" the thrill of reinventing myself and being perfectly healthy to motivate me. It works immediately and fantastically...but it is not lasting.

“Grasping the external propulsion of God’s grace is crucial to our understanding of mission. It means that mission is not a duty (something we ’should do’) but a natural overflow of the gospel’s work inside us. If you aren’t motivated to love, serve, and speak the gospel to people, the answer isn’t to ‘just do it.’ The answer is to examine your heart, repent of sin, and discern where your unbelief is short-circuiting the natural outward movement of the gospel. As the gospel renews your heart, it will also renew your desire to move out in faith into the relationships and opportunities God places in your path.

To put it simply, the grace of God is always going somewhere—moving forward, extending his kingdom, propelling his people toward love and service to others. As we learn to live in light of the gospel, mission should be the natural overflow. God’s grace brings renewal internally (in us) so that it might bring renewal externally (through us).”

- Bob Thune and Will Walker, The Gospel-Centered Life (World Harvest Mission, 2009), 46.