Be in Good Health

“Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.” (3 John 1:2 ESV)

Good health takes self control

As a youth, I never gave my health a thought. I could eat a mountain of food and not gain an ounce. Now, it seems like I gain weight just by looking at food. I have to watch what I eat, how much I eat and make time for exercise. Good health doesn’t just happen without some personal effort. The Bible says your body is the temple of God’s Holy Spirit and you must take care it. And, when you think about it, it does make sense to take care of the body God has given us, so we can adequately do the assignment He has created us for. The Bible says we are like runners in a race and we must discipline our bodies and keep them under control in order to win the imperishable prize set before us. 

It’s about discipline 

“Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.” (1 Cor. 9:24-27)

You are not your own

“Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own.” (1 Cor. 6:19 ESV)

“If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.” (1 Cor. 3:17 ESV)

Therefore…

“For you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.” (1 Cor. 6:20 ESV)

 “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.” (Rom. 12:1 ESV)