Text: Gen.1:29
More Lessons: Rom.8:1-13
The first chapter of the book of Genesis contains not just facts and figures of the story of creation but also about God's recommended feeding habits for mankind. The diet God gave people at the beginning of creation was fruit, vegetables, grains, nuts, and seeds. Man was created by God to live on three dimensions. As a spirit, he leaves in a soul and has a body. And throughout Bible days and even contemporary times God is seen to be greatly participating in the spiritual, soul, and bodily wellbeing of His Children. God gave us His word and His Spirit to nourish our spirits, he gave us His love, joy and peace to nourish and renew our minds and also gives us timely instructions on how to live in good hygiene and health.
The Christian walk has been greatly misunderstood by some people to be strictly a spiritual voyage, giving directions only for the spirit dimension of man. On the contrary, the word of God is full of healthy feeding and living habits that even science has found to be the best way to live. Scripture- obeying people are the healthiest on earth because the Bible is balanced with wisdom and nourishment for the total man. Jesus says, "Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out" (John6:37). Jesus is ready to break the shackles that bind us (John1:12). He longs to set us free if only we will permit it. Our worries, evil habits, nervous tensions, and fears will be gone when we do His bidding (Philippians4:13). He says, These things have I spoken unto you ... that your joy might be full (John15:11). The devil says freedom is found in disobedience, but this is falsehood (John8:44). Take all of these habits to Christ and lay them at His feet. He will joyfully give you a new heart and the power you need to break any evil habit and become a child of God (Eze.11:18, 19).
Divine healing is God's responsibility to us but divine health is our responsibility to our bodies. The scripture is very clear about what your body really is; the temple of the Holy Spirit! Therefore, it must be handled in the most holy and honourable way by us, in a way that is suiting to the Lord of this temple.(1Cor.6:19). If this body is a temple, then we cannot afford to perform harmful experiments like using a cigarette to smoke it up because it is not a chimney, it is a temple!
Prayer/Action!
* Pray that by what you eat, you will never defile God’s temple that is your body.
* Ask God to heal you of any disease you might have developed out of disobedience to Biblical healthy directives.
Take a decision to stop any bad eating habit today.
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