Internal control is not willpower, but, rather, God-power. For most of us, our willpower is long gone and was spent on trying impossible man-made rules that ran against our natural internal control or instinct. Depending on God’s power is completely different because you are using your natural urges and instincts—hunger and fullness. In addition, you know now that you must put your own desires aside—they are submerged. The person who has surrendered his will to God’s will, dead to his own wishes, can now follow the Spirit of God and sense, feel, and follow His lead.

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