Your Health

Your physical health affects every part of your life. Believe it or not, your physical fitness has a significant impact on your emotions and ability to succeed! You’ve heard the phrase, no pain, no gain – right?.” Though sometimes we don’t want to acknowledge it, we all know it’s true. Though physical fitness is not at the top of the food chain when it comes to what’s most important in our lives, it is nonetheless essential. Why? Because God wants you to prosper in every area of your life.

1 Tim 4:8 For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.

3 Jn 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

Soul prosperity is at the root of every form of prosperity in our lives. You will prosper even as your soul prospers.

A few years back, I was on a cruise and ran into a gentleman who was a specimen of health and fitness. Looking at him, I assumed that he was in his early to mid-40s. After chatting with him for a while, he told me he was 66 years old. I was shocked! Of course, I asked him what his secret was. I wondered if it was some special diet or supplements he took or maybe a unique workout program that he adhered to. To my surprise, none of those things were part of his answer. His reply to me stuck! He said, “I just Show Up.” “You can find me at the gym five days a week.” He said, “some days I feel good, and other days I am tired and don’t really feel like working out much, but I just Show Up!”

How about that! Just show up! In the area of your health, God wants you to show up! God lives inside of you-you are his temple; therefore, what happens to your body is very important to him!

1 Cor 3:16-17 Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is sacred, and you are that temple.

Think about it; God, the Holy Spirit, is housed inside your body. Therefore, what you do with your body impacts your relationship with God! Because of God’s great desire for us, he gave us wisdom keys in his word to help us live in his abundance. He lets us know that getting drunk, overeating, using drugs, and the like are detrimental to our prosperity. These things make us feel good at the moment but destroy our health in the long run.

Some keys to excellent health include sleep, positive thinking, exercise, nutrition, and water. Often when people think of being healthy, they only think of exercise and nutrition. Without proper rest and the right kind of thinking, a life of God’s abundance is impossible. Because God cares so much about you, what you do regarding these things is very important to him! Did you hear that? Yes – those things are important to God! Why? He knows that if you don’t feel good, you won’t tap into all created to be and do.

Jesus said, “I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly.” Jn 10:10b  

God longs for you to live in the full measure of abundance that he created you to live in, but this is not possible without being healthy. I pray that this Encouraging Note inspires you today to take some crucial steps towards your health. Your health will be at the center of what makes you successful in the future. As you begin to plan and strategize for this new year, make sure that you include one of the most important keys to your prosperity…

Your Health