Eyes to See, Ears to Hear

One morning a few weeks ago, I didn’t get a chance to have my normal dosage of coffee.  By midday I was in trouble.  I had a bad headache.  I was cranky.  I was tired.  I was also discovering something… all of those symptoms indicate an addiction.  No way to get around it by fluffing it with, “I just enjoy a good cup of coffee.”  That doesn’t answer the why.  My why was dependence.  Every morning I depended on a drink to get me going, to prevent me from physically feeling lousy, to give my mind its requirements to fully function.  I’ve heard of alcoholism but is there caffeinism?  There should be.  That would make me a caffeinic, a caffeine addict.  That hit me hard.  I didn’t need to find any scripture to confirm that I wasn’t to be an addict because the conviction in my heart was sufficient… time to kick the addiction.

The Sly Captor

So, for the past 3 weeks, I repented by weening myself off of caffeine and it has been nearly as hard as it was for me to stop smoking cigarettes 6 years ago.  God has given me His sufficient strength in both moments and as of today, I am 10-days liberated from caffeine’s grip on me.  Drinking coffee doesn’t have cravings that are as clear as smoking does but nevertheless likewise make me a captive.  I want any dependence I have to be or to lead to Jesus.  Caffeine did the opposite.  Stop and look at your life because there could be a sly captor lurking.