Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?  If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.

1 Corinthians 3:16-17

I love junk food!  I seem to have no will power when I am around it.  I know what I need to do or eat to become healthier, but I don’t always do it. Now, every now and then, I get fed up with how my clothes fit and complain that I need to lose weight. That’s when I start to make better choices about my food and activity level.  I’ll stick to it for about 2 weeks.  And then, there will be doughnuts in the church hall after the Sunday morning service! I can’t resist so I eat one. There I am, back at square one!   Have you ever been there?  Did you feel just as discouraged as I did? Maybe you are struggling with something else that is keeping you from being health physically.

God says in 1 Cor. 3:16-17 that we are a temple.  He lives within us. No one will get away with vandalizing God’s temple.  How are you treating your body? Are you filling it with food and drink that will nourish you and make you stronger?  Are you filling your hearts with the word of God so your spirit will become stronger?

Think of it this way:  What if a close friend let you borrow their fully loaded BMW.  They left you with a list of instructions on how to care for the car; what type of gas to use. How to clean it, what kind of oil to use…….. and so on.  Will you follow that laundry list of instructions?  You bet! because that car, its expensive and you wouldn’t want anything to happen to it.  Your friend trusted you with their car and the last thing you want to do is let them down.

Just as your friend trusted you with their car, God trusts you with his temple (our bodies).  He also gave us a list of instructions on how to take care of this temple not just physically but spiritually as well.  We can find the instructions in God’s word.verses on gluttony

Before I put that next doughnut in my mouth, I am going to ask myself if eating that doughnut will nourish my body in a way that God intended and ask God for help.  Try this the next time you are faced with something that could vandalize the temple God has given you.  Don’t be afraid to ask for help.

Always remember, as hard as we try to be disciplined at something, there will be times that we fall and become discouraged.  We can’t give up!  We are not perfect, only God is.  We all fail at things sometimes.  We just need to make sure that we all get up again. That can only be done with God’s help.

Many Blessing,

Linda