Fit for Discipleship
Theme of the week: God Cares about Your Body
Monday, March 4, 2013
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Key Bible Verses: Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ's body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other. (Romans 12:4-5) Dig Deeper: Romans 12:4-8
We don't own our bodies; they are not ours to abuse or care for according to our own perceived wants or desires. On the contrary, not only did God create us; he paid a high price to redeem us. And when he redeemed us, he didn't just redeem our souls; he redeemed our bodies and claims them for his use as well.Therefore, honor God with your bodies.
Do [we] Christians have any sense that our bodies don't belong to us? That caring for our bodies—eating appropriately, getting sufficient exercise—is a matter of discipleship and obedience? What if exercise and discipline in eating isn't as much about physical health as about honoring the God who made us?
Dr. Cooper counsels in Faith-Based Fitness, "The real difficulty is that [Christians] have never understood that their eating habits should reflect their deepest beliefs about life. In other words, they have failed to learn that the right kind of food can transform them into the energetic, healthy people they are meant to be." The Bible teaches that every single member of the body of Christ is essential for it to function in its full glory. Protecting your health is the same thing as protecting the vehicle through which God wants to change the world.
—Gary Thomas in Every Body Matters
My Response: What do my eating habits say about my deepest beliefs?
Adapted from Every Body Matters (Zondervan, 2011) by permission. All rights reserved by the copyright holder and/or the publisher. May not be reproduced.
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Creator, help me to honor you in the way I take care of my body as an act of worship to you.
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