Where to Start ~ Sunday Devotion
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 1:7 (NKJV)
Most people believe they need to go on a diet if they want to start living a healthy life. They believe this because that’s the loudest message they hear about getting healthy. But the truth is prayer is where to start your healthy living journey. Begin in the Word of God.
The way to establish a sustainable healthy lifestyle is to integrate your faith and fitness. In fact, you must build that fitness, your healthy lifestyle, on a foundation of faith. That’s what will make the difference between starting and failing and making progress on your journey.
Your motivation can’t come from a desire or even a need to lose five, ten, fifteen plus pounds. It has to come from a desire to honor God by honoring your body.
It's time to get healthy. Start in God's Word and with prayer. Share on XYou must want this so that you can find freedom – not get tied down to a diet that will tell you to eat this, not that, do this workout, weigh in, report in, rely on someone else to control your actions instead of you learning to get in tune with your body and start trusting it.
God uniquely created you. No one is going to appreciate that more than you. And no one is going to know more about you than you and the God who created you. You may need to include a coach to help guide you, but make sure it is someone who will help you and only you. Not someone who is giving out basic plans that look the same for everyone.
Action Step: Take your worries about your health to the Lord, and let Him guide you to how to take care of your body. His Word and prayer must be your starting point. Then you can start building the rest of the house, so to speak, of your happy, healthy life.
Happy Sunday!
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