Glorifying God with our Whole Being – Part One: The Physical

Okay, so we are commanded to give our whole mind, soul, and strength to God. The question is, how do we apply that? Thus begins a three part series talking about the Physical, Mental, and Spiritual sides of life, all centered on 1 Corinthians 3:16, and on how we live all three for God.

So we start with the the physical, our bodies. First we need to remember that nothing in this world is ours. It is all God's, including us. As stewards of His creation, we need to know how to take care of His creation, starting with our bodies.

All right everyone, get down and do some push-ups! Really. If we are to be caretakers of our bodies, that entails some work. To keep ourselves in good condition, we have to do three things (among others) they are:

1. Exercise regularly. God made us so that, with the right foods and activity's, our bodies would heal themselves. But it must be regular and strenuous exercise. Studies show that exercise will do all kinds of things, including: improving quality of life, lengthening life, strengthening the immune system, and protect you from very many diseases and body part failures such as cancer and Alzheimer's and others.

2. Get enough sleep. If you don't get enough sleep you will lose your efficiency and clearness of mind. Even a loss of one or two hours of sleep will manifest itself in a lagging speed of thought. Sleep also helps to prevent weight gain! (so that's why I'm gaining weight...)

3. Eat right. Eating the wrong stuff will clog up the innards, leading to just about everything bad, from freckles on the fingernails, to kidney stones, to cancer. Eating right will starve the viruses and parasites and leave a healthy, happy, energetic person.

Hopefully I have you convinced. But anyway, as I have said many times, we are to glorify God in all areas of life, just as it says in Philipians 1:20: “It is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death.”