At Fit For Jesus, Spirituality comes first in the Spirituality, Mindset, Nutrition, Exercise, Lifestyle formula. It is, by far, the most important ingredient for creating a healthy, injury-free body with lower than average body fat. Spirituality is the Christ-focused foundation for the “Fitness Focused on Eternity” slogan.
I’m going to tell you a secret. The biggest goal of Fit For Jesus is not to help people lose a ton of weight… it is to help Christians think more about their relationship with Christ. It is to help people focus on their relationship with Jesus, much more than they focus on anything else on earth. And while this may come as a big shock (I’m kidding), your relationship with Jesus is more important than your health and fitness.
We believe, though, that health, fitness, weight loss, and even athleticism can be an excellent tool for focusing our minds on the love of Christ and our future in eternity. And, of course, since the Bible is clear that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, we believe it is important to honor God with our bodies.
But, for now, let’s look at the concept of allowing Fit For Jesus to focus your mind on Christ.
On one end of the motivation spectrum, you’ll find that most people, us included, tend to think about looking better and feeling better about ourselves when we strive to improve our fitness. They want to look better in an outfit (or out of it), or they want to feel better, both physically and mentally, as they perform everyday activities.
On the other end, some people have been whacked upside the head with a medical diagnosis that basically demands they improve their health or face death much sooner than planned. I realize that is blunt, but we’ve seen more than one client in that situation, and it tends to be both frightening and heart-breaking. We don’t want to see you get that kind of a wake-up call.
The point is this: everyone has a reason they either eventually start (or continue) to exercise or eat right. The key is to focus your “reason why” on things that are out of this world. So far out of this world, in fact, that they could be considered heavenly.
The truth is that there is no stronger motivation in this world than to glorify and honor God for His precious gift and Son, Jesus Christ. Exercising and eating right with the goal of “doing everything as unto the Lord” provides a deeper, stronger level of motivation to keep making the effort than any other thing that my worldly mind can come up with.
At Fit For Jesus, we truly believe with our whole heart and mind that God will bless our focus on Him with greater motivation to achieve, more willpower when life takes more effort, and – dare we say it – better, more permanent results from exercise and nutrition.
You simply can’t argue the fact that God is the greatest source of strength and power when things are tough. And despite what the world says, losing weight can be tough. So why not draw from God’s absolutely eternal, ever-flowing well of strength and power?
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD, is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.” With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
~ Isaiah 12:2-3
God deeply desires to do these things for you. Let the Lord be your salvation in ALL things on this earth. Let Him be your strength and defense. Focus your mind on Christ, both in and out of the weight room or kitchen.
My friend, Get Fit For Jesus.
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August 28th, 2010 on 12:36 PM
Thanks for these daily reminders and for helping to prepare my mind to make this journey – once again.