Consumed

Gluttony is about more than food. It’s about consumption without control. It’s the constant pursuit of pleasure, comfort, and satisfaction while starving the things that truly matter. Whether it’s food, entertainment, social media, shopping, or any appetite that begins to rule us, gluttony turns good gifts into false gods.

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Concrete Confessions faces what we try to bury. Like cracked concrete. Truth eventually shows.

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What's good family? Welcome back to Concrete Confessions, where the truth ain't dressed up, it's laid out bare for you to see. And today, episode six, we stepping into something that don't get talked about enough. We ain't talking about pride, we ain't talking about envy. We're not talking about wrath, but something quieter. Something that hides in plain sight. Gluttony. Sounds disgusting, right? But this ain't just about food. That's where people get it twisted. Gluttony is deeper than just plates. It's about overconsumption. It's about anything in your life that you keep feeding even when it's feeding off of you. Yeah, that means that show that you keep binging on also that you can't get enough of. Check it. Scripture says all things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful, and I will not be dominated by anything. That last part though, I will not be dominated. Because gluttony is when something goes from being a choice to being your master, controlling you. Alright, Proverbs 23 says, Be not among drunkards or gluttonous eaters, and then it warns that it leads to poverty. But understand this that ain't just money, that's spiritual poverty. That's being full of everything except God. Let me ask you a question. What do you run to when life gets heavy? Food, drinks, social media, lust, attention? Because whatever you run to first, that's what you're feeding most. And Philippians says this their God is their belly. Let that sink in. Their God is their appetite. Because anything you obey without question, anything you feel like you cannot say no to, anything you keep going back to even when you know it's draining you, that thing, it's sitting on a throne. And the crazy part is, gluttony doesn't look bad at first, it looks normal. It looks like just one more, one more bite, one more drink, one more scroll, one more video, one more hit. But that one more turns into a cycle, and the cycle turns into a chain. Galatians 5 says, The flesh desires what is contrary to the spirit. There's a fight going on inside you every single day. And gluttony, that's just when the flesh keeps winning. Let's be honest, some of us don't have a discipline issue. We got a dependency issue. We don't just enjoy things, we need them, and that's where it gets dangerous. Proverbs 25 says, If you find honey, eat just enough. Even something good can become harmful when there's no limit. See, gluttony isn't about what you consume, it's about how much control it has over you. Because the word also says, Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit. That means this ain't just flesh, bones. Nah, this is holy ground. So when we overindulge, when we take in too much, when we lose control, we're not just hurting ourselves, we're dishonoring what God placed inside of us. But here's the beauty of it: you're not stuck, you're not owned, you're not too far gone. James chapter 4, verse 7 says, Submit yourselves to God, resist the devil, and he will flee. That means you can fight back. That means you can say no. That means you can break the cycle. But it starts with this submission before resistance. You cannot fight what you won't surrender. You gotta start asking yourself these things. Why do I keep going back to it? What am I trying to fill? What am I avoiding? Because there's times that gluttony is just a mask for emptiness, and you're just trying to fill that void. Psalm 78 says, They tested God by demanding the food they crave. That's deep. Because craving can turn into entitlement, and entitlement can turn into rebellion. So whatever you eat, whatever you drink, or whatever you do, do it for the glory of God, not for comfort, not for escape, not for control, but for him and him alone. Check it. This walk, it's not about being perfect, it's about being aware. It's about checking what's checking you, it's about making sure that nothing owns you except God. This is concrete confession, and you know, we don't just talk about it, we confront it. Watch what you feed, because eventually it starts feeding on you, and that's facts, because Jesus says so.

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It's one by one, endless come, come, and they might and they might end up calling quid, quit, but one when you quit the trumpets come. You better, you better pray. Let's pray it's over quid after calling out to you out of it.