Proverbs 24:10 “If you fail, fall apart, fall to pieces under pressure (in a crisis), your strength is too small, you weren’t very strong to begin with, there wasn’t much to you in the first place.” (NLT, MSG, & The Voice).
Fitness impacts directly on your destiny. Therefore, get up and work out. Get fit for yourself, your spouse, your children and for your destiny. You owe it to yourself, your life and to your God to be fit.
Proverbs 31:17 “She girds herself with strength [spiritual, mental, and physical fitness for her God-given task] and makes her arms strong and firm.” (AMPC, emphasis added).
When you talk about fitness, we are talking about the holistic type of fitness. Not that the person has a pack of muscles, but is mentally deranged, or spiritually dead. Wholistic fitness means you are physically fit,
3 John 1:2 “dear friend, and I pray all goes well for you. I hope you are as strong in body, as I know you are in spirit.” (CEV)
In the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, it will go well with you, and you will be strong in your body. We have been looking at the second enemy of fitness which is Stress. Some people claim that the reason
1 Corinthians 9:27 “Like an athlete I punish my body, treating it roughly, training it to do what it should, not what it wants to. Otherwise I fear that after enlisting others for the race, I myself might be declared unfit and ordered to stand aside.” (LB)
Paul shows in today’s scripture that physical fitness is key to destiny manoeuvres. So, we will kick off our time in God’s presence today by looking at the four main types of exercise. This information is in the public domain,
1 Peter 2:24 “Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.” (NKJV).
Yesterday, we learnt that the three main enemies of fitness are Disease, Stress and Laziness. However, God has paid for your health in Christ Jesus. So, do not miss out on what God has for you. Regardless of the disease, in the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
Isaiah 53:5 “But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.” (NKJV)
There are three main enemies of fitness. The first is Disease, the second is Stress and the third is Laziness. I trust that the Holy Spirit will open your mind to these things as we unpack them, in the Name of Jesus. The first enemy of fitness is Disease (sickness).
2 Kings 4:3-5 “And Elisha said, “Borrow as many empty jars as you can from your friends and neighbours… Pour oil from your flask into the jars, setting each one aside when it is filled.” So she did as she was told. Her sons kept bringing jars to her, and she filled one after another.”
Not only was this woman fit, but she could also deploy her fitness to secure a limitless financial future. Some people are energetic but not strong. Some are strong but not energetic. Not only was she energetic and strong, but she also had the necessary work ethic.
Proverbs 31:15,17&19 “She gets up before dawn to prepare breakfast for her household and plan the day’s work for her servant girls… She is energetic and strong, a hard worker… Her hands are busy spinning thread, her fingers twisting fibre.”
The Word of God is potent and powerful, and it will transform your life this season and beyond in the Mighty Name of Jesus. We started our journey to securing a limitless future by looking at Family, then we looked at Faith, then Friendships and beginning today we will focus on Fitness.
John 15:13-14 “There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command.”
Jesus is saying to you that the friendship, the relationship that can exist between you and Him is the commander kind of relationship. Remember, friendship is being used loosely to mean relationships. So, you can paraphrase John 15:14 to read, ‘You have a relationship with Me,
