"IN SHAPE"
People often talk about those who are "well-built" or “in shape” referring to their physical body. Yet, there is an unseen part of you that can also be “well-built” or “in shape." You are a three-part being. You are a spirit, you live in a body and you possess a soul. God gave you a body to live in, but he also gave you a soul and both of those are your responsibility to keep neat, clean and ship-shape!
1 Cor 6:20 What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. (KJV)
Your body is the house in which your spirit and soul lives. We must count it a privilege to keep our house "ship-shape.” How you look isn't everything – that’s for sure! But a heart that wants to please God will do whatever it takes to honor Him! What you eat, what you drink, how you think and your exercise habits are the key to your overall health! It’s interesting that God took the time to talk about people’s physiques in the Bible – here is one.
Genesis 39:6 Says, "Now Joseph was well- built and handsome."
Why would God take the time to tell us such a thing? Though your physical body is not more important than your spiritual body, it is nevertheless important! God wants us to honor him with all that we are, body, soul, and spirit. Let's please our wonderful Father by managing all that he's given us with excellence! Come on! Let's get in shape in every way! My prayer for you today is that your diligence and commitment would bring about God's excellence in every area of your life and that every part of you would be…