You can buy thousands (literally) of weight loss, diet, or exercise books. You can go month after month to the gym, and you can buy session after session with a personal trainer. Face it: knowledge of what to do to achieve weight loss is plentiful and easily obtained. Yet, over 90% of the results obtained from a weight loss phase are not maintained.
Why is that?
For the longest time, when we were working with the “world” as NELMS Fitness, we tried to overcome the problem by helping a client focus on goals. To be fair, goals are extremely important and valuable, and they are an integral part of the Fit For Jesus system. They help a lot of people finally make the change that is needed to succeed with their weight loss. But, for too many clients, it still isn’t enough.
Another factor that we try to assist our clients with is Lifestyle. Simple tips, tricks, and methods used in your everyday life can help make a health improvement and weight loss program much more permanent. Again, teaching this to our clients increased the percentage of people that were ultimately successful, but we wanted to help even more.
So, what is the solution?
Honestly, not very many Christians “get” it. And even writing now about the topic, I’m going to have to openly tell you that I am fully aware that I don’t personally get it, either.
But what I can tell you is that this topic is, in my opinion, one of the most under-preached and “missed” topics for both new and seasoned Chrsitians, alike, yet it has astoundingly profound implications on every area of your life. In fact, this topic is the key to lifelong, permanent, change… especially in the area of health and weight loss.
What complicates the topic further is that it is probably impossible for the human brain to comprehend it completely. And what we can’t comprehend is difficult to assimilate.
But the good news is that understanding just a little of the truth behind this concept can radically change your life, even if it never fully sinks in. The other piece of good news is that the Holy Spirit will help you understand it! So, with that said, here it is…
As a Christian and God’s most amazing creation, you are infinitely valuable.
That is it. Grasping the full meaning of that sentence will change everything about your life, in every area. Obviously at Fit For Jesus, we want to explain how it applies to your personal health and weight loss.
We ultimately discovered that a person’s “value”, or self-worth, is the missing link. The brain will not support a healthy body, a positive outlook, or a low stress mindset and lifestyle if it continually tells you that you aren’t worth it. It will literally tell you, subconsciously, that you aren’t valuable enough to deserve all of the great things happening in your life.
But God, the creator of the universe, mankind, and YOU, completely disagrees.
Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
~ Luke 12:6-7
Read the Bible verse above again. Understand that this isn’t just one of the disciples talking. It is JESUS talking. Jesus, the son of God, is explaining how valuable you are. And last I checked, it is tough (and not very wise) to argue with Jesus.
Take time to let these words of Jesus sink in. Your value is not determined by the world. It is not determined by your past. Your value is not determined by what your parents, friends, co-workers, or enemies, did or didn’t think about you. Your value is not determined by your intellectual or physical skill level, and it certainly is not determined by your appearance, the car you drive, the house you own, or the clothes you wear.
Your value is determined by God, and through His son, Jesus Christ, He made it very, very clear how valuable you are. Embrace it and believe it, and your life will change beyond your wildest dreams.
Question to answer below:
What is one area in your life that makes you feel less than amazingly valuable?
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November 28th, 2011 on 7:37 AM
A friend was feeling unappreciated and all that goes with that. She was reminded of the verse that God knows the number of hairs on her head. She thought, “So what. I don’t care how many hairs are on my head!” God whispered to her, “I do.”
How cool is that?