Move that body!

Good morning, everyone,

Our theme for this month: “Live long and prosper”

Our Bible verse for today: “Here I am today, eighty-five years old. I am still as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me out. My strength for battle and for daily tasks is now as it was then.” Joshua 14:11 (CSB)

Our thought for today: “Move that body!”

Anyone who knows me or who has paid attention to my sermons, Bible studies, and writings, for any length of time, knows that Joshua 14:11 is one of my life verses and Caleb is one of my Biblical heroes. This verse and his story find their way into my preaching, teaching, and writing frequently. It’s because I admire his feisty spunkiness, his resilience and resolve, and the fact that he seemed to live life to the fullest, regardless of his circumstances and despite his advancing age.

In a previous devotional in this series, we considered the truth that taking proper care of our physical body is a matter of good stewardship. Your body is a gift to you from God. Also, your physical body was purchased by Jesus through the shedding of his blood on the cross to be a temple of His Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19). That makes your physical body a walking, talking, mobile temple of God’s Holy Spirit and Jesus intends to use your body to accomplish His purposes here on earth. But for that to happen, you must keep your body as healthy as possible for as long as possible. That’s the stewardship responsibility we each have regarding our physical body.

One of the most important ways in which we keep your physical body healthy is to stay active. Your body needs to move. The more active you are the more alive you are. The less active you are the closer to being dead you are. This is a basic law of nature. Sir Issac Newton’s First Law of Motion is a scientific principle which states, “An object in motion will remain in motion.” In other words, it will remain in motion unless something stops it. The opposite of this principle is true as well and is expressed as, “An object at rest stays at rest.”

Newton’s First Law of Motion is a scientific fact based in physics, but it is also widely used as a motivational concept for self-improvement to encourage action that then builds momentum and which progressively becomes self-sustaining.

The point is that once you have the habit of being in motion it becomes increasingly easier to maintain that motion. And once you have the habit of being a couch potato and doing little, it becomes increasingly harder to get moving again.

We’ll think more about this in the days to come. For today I want to encourage you to get off the couch, get out there, and move that body. It’s the first and most important action you can take to stay as healthy as possible for as long as possible.

God bless,
Pastor Jim

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