We Will Lose It

What would you say if I asked you if you feel like you should be working on your health more? No, it’s not the first of the year, and this is not about a New Year’s resolution but what you do on purpose regarding your health has excellent benefits! Often we get so busy with life that we take for granted one of the most precious commodities we possess – our health! Without it, life can be very discouraging and even a hellish experience. Health experts tell us that if we don’t use it, we will lose it. You and I both know it’s true! Most people think that what they do with their bodies is their own business, but this mentality is not entirely true. According to the word of God, you are the caretaker of what someone else owns. The Bible says that God has purchased you and your body with the precious blood of Jesus.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.

Notice that the Bible did not say, your spirit is the temple of the Holy Spirit. No! Your body is the temple. God cares about your body! Why? Because he lives inside of it! He is a God of excellence, joy, success, and significance! It is much easier to enjoy and accomplish all he has created and planned for you when you are healthy. You only have one life and one body, and according to the forever-settled word of God, what you do with it carries consequences.

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

Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, and how you take care of it has consequences. Those who destroy their bodies by living unhealthy lifestyles invoke judgment. Though exercising your body and keeping it healthy is not the answer to all things, it does have value.

1 Timothy 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.

Without a doubt, your relationship with God is the most important thing you will ever work on, but without your health, it is difficult to fulfill your purpose. Muscles, tendons, and bones that are not facing daily resistance will atrophy and eventually die, and nothing grows or increases without resistance. This might not seem very spiritual, but I assure you, it is! Your physical body is important to God! You have to be healthy to experience and accomplish all the wonderful things God has for you!

My dear friend, there is no better time than today to get busy doing what will create a great future for you! As you read this, I pray that your heart is stirred to be the best possible version of you! Come on – you and I both know that if we don’t use it…

We Will Lose It