Sanctification

My inner struggle is requiring personal sacrifice in order to win the battle. This isn't a change that will happen slowly outwardly as a result of inward change. This is a change that happens slowly on the inside after the outside is changed. I need to treat the symptoms first, so that I have the clarity of mind to resolve the real issues. My symptoms are hiding the root cause. To do away with the symptoms is to expose the deeper issue. Sometimes we have to face our fears instead of trying to make sure they never come to reality. Facing my fears is the personal sacrifice. I may have to be hungry every once in a while. I may not get to eat the foods I want to eat. But I do get to be set free from this bondage. And after time, I will again get to eat the foods I want; I won't have to deprive myself of them. But for now, I must face my fears, and trust that God will bring me through them to the other side, where there is freedom and light.