Our Earth Suits

Good Morning!! These days in Christian culture, we are often taught to look away from our earthly selves and focus on God. This appears most often in response to problems like physical temptations, obsession with personal image, or substance addiction. While it is certainly important that we do not become our own idols and serve our own fleeting wants, let’s not forget our bodies are " fairly important " for the act of living on earth (intentional sarcasm). Just as a spacesuit keeps an astronaut alive, the body is essential for our earthly existence,...the human body can be "earth suit."

May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.—1 Thessalonians 5: 23 (NIV)

The Bible says that human beings are made up of a spirit, soul, and body. In God’s creation, we are confined to a limited existence,...so we can reach others and tend to the creation He entrusted to us. While it is really important to pay attention to the growth of your spirit and soul, the body is what sustains those things on this earth. We must treat it in a healthy respect. Each part of us sustains the other, so being negligent to one part of us, is just as bad as paying too much attention to it. Paul told us to take care of " our whole selves ",...and that includes our body.

"Take care of your body,...It's the only place you have to live."

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Father God, we need You to balance our lives, the way You meant them to be. We can’t do that on our own. We want to care for these “earth suits,” but we don’t want to do that by our own wisdom or strength. We surrender them all to You. We submit to Your Spirit, in us, in every area. Show us how to care for them all, keeping our attentions in check when they become pointed or selfish. In Jesus' name, Amen.

" Our Biblical belief is more than something we confess with our mouths,...it's something we confess with our lives."