Arduously study God's Word. Make it the foundation of your character. It will restore your life (everything tangent to you), and give you perfect health (Pro. 4: 20-22 dplversion).
Getting old is normal, but getting fat and deteriorated dosn't line up with God's Word. You don't have to be happy with a deteriating condition. Instead be a good steward as God requires as in Luke 12: 45-46 where the steward decided he could get away with it, but the Lord warns he won't.
In Ecclesiastes 10: 17 we are told to "...eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness."
"For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags" (Pro. 23: 21). Eat right and stay active. Two powerful messages in one verse. Eating anything you want, when ever you want to, is the sign of a serious disorder. Mostly just the disorder of no self-discipline. Eating like this makes one lethargic (morbidly drowsy). Its not too hard of a stretch to figure out that is why the Lord placed "and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags," with a message about eating right.
Proverbs 16: 31 says, The silver head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Just because someones head is grey dosn't mean they have to be decrepit (broken down with age, worn out).
In Luke 12: 40-48 Jesus warns us not to take what we have for granted. The second part of Pro. 16: 31 says, ..."IF it be found in the way of righteousness". There is a difference between being grown up, and mature. A lot of people grow up physically but never fully mature mentally. This is not always there fault to start with. Could be the way they were raised. But the Lord does teach (Pro. 2: 6), and He expects us to mature with His teaching. To not act on what the Lord teaches you, is to not mature spiritually.
Once grown and you 'know better', you can not blame those of your past who were responsible for how you grew up anymore. Now you must take responsibility for your self.
Learning about forgiveness is a major step in maturity. Forgive those who were responsible like Jesus said to do in Mat. 6: 14-15 and begin to let the Lord show you how to live the right way now. This is being mature.
At the time I posted this, in Nov. 2009, I was 56, so I know what I'm talking about when I say, the older we get, the harder it is to excersise. I make the time. I have to force myself sometimes, but I always feel better afterwards. And eating right just makes good sense. As we were told in Eccl. 10: 17 and Pro. 23: 21 above.
In Genesis 6: 3 God says we have 120 years. Is He a liar, or is the man that says, "no you don't?"
I think I will believe God. If I don't make it, it will be because I was in error somewhere, not God. According to Pro. 4: 22 He planned on you to have good health the whole time. But we must do what He says in verse 1 and 2, attend to His Words, and don't let them go.
Studying His Word is something you have to keep doing.
Exercising is something you have to keep doing.
Eating right is something you have to keep doing.
Saying, "Oh, I don't have the time," or some other excuse, only means soon you really won't have the time. You'll die early.
Live for God and He will both give you a reason to live (healthy relationships), and He will provide the means and ways to live (a healthy life style).
"For He shall be unto you a restorer of your life, and a nourisher of your old age" (Ruth 4: 15a.)
Blessed be the Lord, who daily loads us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. (Ps. 68: 19)
Getting old is normal, but getting fat and deteriorated dosn't line up with God's Word. You don't have to be happy with a deteriating condition. Instead be a good steward as God requires as in Luke 12: 45-46 where the steward decided he could get away with it, but the Lord warns he won't.
In Ecclesiastes 10: 17 we are told to "...eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness."
"For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags" (Pro. 23: 21). Eat right and stay active. Two powerful messages in one verse. Eating anything you want, when ever you want to, is the sign of a serious disorder. Mostly just the disorder of no self-discipline. Eating like this makes one lethargic (morbidly drowsy). Its not too hard of a stretch to figure out that is why the Lord placed "and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags," with a message about eating right.
Proverbs 16: 31 says, The silver head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Just because someones head is grey dosn't mean they have to be decrepit (broken down with age, worn out).
In Luke 12: 40-48 Jesus warns us not to take what we have for granted. The second part of Pro. 16: 31 says, ..."IF it be found in the way of righteousness". There is a difference between being grown up, and mature. A lot of people grow up physically but never fully mature mentally. This is not always there fault to start with. Could be the way they were raised. But the Lord does teach (Pro. 2: 6), and He expects us to mature with His teaching. To not act on what the Lord teaches you, is to not mature spiritually.
Once grown and you 'know better', you can not blame those of your past who were responsible for how you grew up anymore. Now you must take responsibility for your self.
Learning about forgiveness is a major step in maturity. Forgive those who were responsible like Jesus said to do in Mat. 6: 14-15 and begin to let the Lord show you how to live the right way now. This is being mature.
At the time I posted this, in Nov. 2009, I was 56, so I know what I'm talking about when I say, the older we get, the harder it is to excersise. I make the time. I have to force myself sometimes, but I always feel better afterwards. And eating right just makes good sense. As we were told in Eccl. 10: 17 and Pro. 23: 21 above.
In Genesis 6: 3 God says we have 120 years. Is He a liar, or is the man that says, "no you don't?"
I think I will believe God. If I don't make it, it will be because I was in error somewhere, not God. According to Pro. 4: 22 He planned on you to have good health the whole time. But we must do what He says in verse 1 and 2, attend to His Words, and don't let them go.
Studying His Word is something you have to keep doing.
Exercising is something you have to keep doing.
Eating right is something you have to keep doing.
Saying, "Oh, I don't have the time," or some other excuse, only means soon you really won't have the time. You'll die early.
Live for God and He will both give you a reason to live (healthy relationships), and He will provide the means and ways to live (a healthy life style).
"For He shall be unto you a restorer of your life, and a nourisher of your old age" (Ruth 4: 15a.)
Blessed be the Lord, who daily loads us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. (Ps. 68: 19)
