Stewards of our body
"Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple." (NIV) 1 Corinthians 3:16-17
Is it possible to miss heaven because we did not take good care of our bodies? Take a minute to reflect on this question before you continue. Many Christians are abstaining from all the obviously bad things that destroy the body. These bad things include, excessive consumption of alcohol, smoking, fornication, adultery and the list goes on. However, there are other things that threaten our health and therefore shorten our lives.
Many Christians are dying young not because God intends for us to die young but through our own actions and inactions. Many of us do not know our health status. Many do not get annual medical screening, eat all the wrong foods, always working with minimal or no rest so we are always stressed, many do not exercise and do many other things that destroy the body in no time.
Eating unhealthy food such as high fat, cholesterol and caffeine foods, living unhealthy lifestyles may not be stated in the bible as sin but since we will give an account of all things we are given as in the case of the parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14-30), if we take good care of our body, we can then give a good account when the time comes. It will be sad to miss heaven’s gate because we did not take good care of our bodies. Yes, the physical body will not make it to heaven but since we received it, God expects us to take good care of it.
Today, have a renewed mind, take the wellness of your body seriously and anything that can shorten your life, please avoid. Treat your body right so you can live long and do your master’s will for a long time before he rightfully calls you. God bless us all.