Health and Obedience

From eternity it has been God’s desire that human beings be in  good health; wholeness of soul and body, and He has not left us in darkness as the prophet Amos records that surely the Lord God does nothing but he revealeth his secret unto his servants… (Amos 3:7)

In our previous discourses, we saw that God has surely revealed unto us 8 principles / laws of health and in our strict adherence to them we will experience wholeness of body and soul: good health - thus being co-workers with Christ in restoring in us the image of God.

In giving out the ten commandments, God shows us how  we can keep the laws of health, Exodus 20:13 Thou shalt not kill.

When God tells us we shall not kill, He simply tells us to preserve life. He does not say thou shalt not kill your mother, father, son or daughter or neighbor, but is it possible that in our lifestyles we are not preserving life - even our own lives?

KJV Jeremiah 7

23 But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.

God’s promises are conditional: when we fulfill the conditions, the promises will be verified. Our prosperity is dependent on the continuance of our covenant relationship with God. Our obedience to the law of God, which is inclusive of the laws of health, will make us marvels of prosperity before nations.

KJV Exodus 15

26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.

And thus the laws of health ought to be  highly and solemnly considered and none should be regarded supreme than the other cause failing on one of the laws indicates ill health.

I urge us to stay tuned as we get to see what each law entails and what our master designer requires of us in keeping ourselves in wholeness of body and soul, remember we are not our own to live as we please:

KJV 1 Corinthians 6

19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

And as Paul’s pleads with us in 1 Thessalonians 5:23: May our whole Spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The 8 laws as we saw earlier include:

• N - Nutrition(Proper diet)
• E - Exercise
• W - Water
• S - Sunshine
• T - Temperance (Abstemiousness)
• A - Air (pure air)
• R - Rest 
• T - Trust in divine power.

Health is the reward of obedience to the laws of God.