Revelation TV : Diet and exercise:
Wow!!….is there a scripture in the Bible that says…..thou shall eat sensibly and take regular exercise? ( please report back to me! I am sure there must be. )
I know that 1 Corinthians C6: V19 says, ”Do you not know that your body is a temple of the holy spirit, who is in you ,whom you have received from God.”
After 30+ years of marriage and four children my body was not as fit and pristine as I would have liked. My lack of discipline had resulted in Over-eating and inevitable weight gain. My lack of exercise had like-wise resulted in weak muscles and a bad back!! In a word I was over-weight and un-fit.
Now I know God has a sense of humour, Gods ways are not our ways! nothing will stop his divine purposes from being fulfilled…not even me with my stubbornness and tendency to want to do things …’my way’ Erm I’m very lazy tend to comfort eat and in latter years have definitely been a candidate for the couch potato prize!
For quite a while I had been un-comfortably aware that God was prompting me to diet and exercise,. For instance on a few occasions I would turn on the TV and hear words like: ‘You must take more exercise! Ouch!! Or you must eat sensibly, oh ouch again!!
On a more sinister note I had noticed I was often breathless. Can anyone relate to my dilemma, although I was fully aware of what I should do I could not motivate myself to take action!! As the Bible so clearly says, ’ The spirit is willing …but the flesh is weak.’ Matthew 26:v41
In 2008 I began volunteering for Revelation TV; immediately it became obvious I had a serious problem. After a day sitting at an office desk doing administration on my return home I would be completely incapacitated, my back would give way and I would be in serious pain. I began to doubt that I could continue.
The odd thing about the whole situation though was the peace of God would fill me every time I drove to the office.
I began to swim 30 lengths once a week at our local swimming pool, and also to cycle every day on my exercise bike.
Today two years later I am stronger and fitter, I can sit all day at an office desk with no ill effects!! A very big and grateful THANK-YOU to Revelation TV for being my inspiration and motivation…to get fit for God!!!
Amazingly before becoming a volunteer with Revelation TV my prayer had been (Please help me to become so absorbed with something!! I wont have time to think about food) Working in the Rev office has given me that fresh touch …and food! Well, I don’t have time now to eat too much. Praise the Lord.
Ecclesiastics tells us there is a time and place for everything, is it your time dear reader and friend to take some drastic action in your life. Is there something God is calling you to do ? Some place God is calling you to go? Cry out to Jesus Christ today for your divine Revelation!!
