First ask yourself, "What Spirit am I Allowing to rule my life?"
Am I allowing the Holy Spirit or am I allowing an evil spirit to take over my life?
When we think about good health, we often think, getting a good report from the doctor or our blood pressure and sugar being stable. And while that is all good, that's only a fraction of what good health is. The Bible talks about training for Godliness is so much better than physical training in 1 Timothy 4:8.
"Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in this life to come."
While physical training is good, because we should take care of our bodies that doesn't belong to us (1Cor.6:19), striving for godliness is so much better! Yes, we have awesome benefits when we train physically. Because our clothes become loose and we start to like what we see when we walk pass the mirror! (Hey now lol!) But MAN! Those promising benefits when we chase godliness is so much better. Some of those promising benefits that God has promised is that, He will give us everything that we need, if we seek Him first! And not only that we will spend everlasting life with Him if we believe (John 3:16).
And also, this physical body is only a shell. What God really wants is for the inner man to be strengthened. Because the inner man determines where you will spend eternity. If we're only taking care of the shell, and our inner man isn't strengthened, then what do we gain spiritually with God?
Promoting Bad Health
When we think about good health, we often think, getting a good report from the doctor or our blood pressure and sugar being stable. And while that is all good, that's only a fraction of what good health is. The Bible talks about training for Godliness is so much better than physical training in 1 Timothy 4:8.
"Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in this life to come."
While physical training is good, because we should take care of our bodies that doesn't belong to us (1Cor.6:19), striving for godliness is so much better! Yes, we have awesome benefits when we train physically. Because our clothes become loose and we start to like what we see when we walk pass the mirror! (Hey now lol!) But MAN! Those promising benefits when we chase godliness is so much better. Some of those promising benefits that God has promised is that, He will give us everything that we need, if we seek Him first! And not only that we will spend everlasting life with Him if we believe (John 3:16).
And also, this physical body is only a shell. What God really wants is for the inner man to be strengthened. Because the inner man determines where you will spend eternity. If we're only taking care of the shell, and our inner man isn't strengthened, then what do we gain spiritually with God?
Promoting Bad Health
Have you ever noticed when we start to believe Satan's lies, we get depressed, we focus on our problems, we lack confidence, we start to doubt God, and we start to have pity parties. To go along with that, we start to eat everything that's in sight, then we start to hate how we look! (been there) And we just become defeated all because we have allowed a demon to control our lives! That is promoting bad health and God doesn't want us living that way and you shouldn't want to live that way!
So what is Good Health?
Good health is being whole in Christ Jesus! When we are whole in Him, we are whole physically, mentally, and spiritually! And when you're feeling broken or discouraged, you run to The Source, which is Jesus, and not those donuts! God wants us to be made whole, not just by eating healthy and exercising but, in every area of life.
-Leah Elizabeth
1Timothy 4:8
