Total Health

On the road to weight loss over the last few years God has convicted me that I need total health, not just weight loss. If I am seeking to be truly healthy that should include my mental and spiritual health as well.

I think of  1 Corinthians 6:19 "Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;" Our bodies consist of not just the physical but also the spiritual.

When do not eat and feed our physical bodies, bad things happen. We get weak, sick, fatigued, and have a hard time functioning. The same is true if we do not feed our spiritual bodies with the Word of God, prayer and meditation, and time with God. We will begin to get weak in our faith, weary in the battle, and have a hard time being used of God. The devil loves it when we spiritually starve ourselves, it makes his job a whole lot easier!

When we do not get rest for our physical body, we can lose time with God because we are too tired to take time for God. We need to learn to set healthy boundaries for ourselves. We cannot be so busy doing the work of God that we forget the God we are doing the work for! Rest is a necessity...God rested (took a Sabbath), He set the example for us from the beginning.

So I challange you as God has challanged me, take time to take care of yourself - mind, body, soul, and spirit. Make time for you and God, and make time for you...if you are rested and well, both physically and spiritually, you will be more prepared to move when God tells you to move.