"And, so dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice-the kind he will accept. When you think of what he has done for you, is this too much to ask? Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect his will really is." Romans 12:1-2
When people look at your body, what weight do they see you carry? Understand that I am not talking about your physical weight; I am talking about your Spiritual weight. There are two kinds of weight that our bodies represent.
Body Type 1 Body Type 2
Wears "Self" Wears Christ
Eats from the world Eats from His Word
Indulges in sin Indulges in His Righteousness
Greedy God-focused-gets fit, and full from the Word
Hinders others Helpful to others
Thinks like the world Thinks like Christ
Wanting Willing to
Everything Exemplify Christ
I "I" desires Invest time in His Word
Gaining Gives Christ all the praise
Honor for self Honors his name
Takes Center stage Takes backstage for Christ to have center stage
In Romans 12:1-2 Paul is telling us don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world-don't carry the weight of body Type 1. Instead let’s get on a spiritual scale and let God in us transform our weight, by making us new in Him, and changing the way we think. For then when others look at our bodies they will see the weight of Jesus. It is contagious; once you see someone exercise it makes you want to do it to. Let Jesus in you be contagious.
Jesus forgive us for weighing on the scale of self, help us to grab our spiritual scales and allow You to transform us through Your Word. Jesus, thank You for giving us the best diet book to guide us to spiritual fitness and success! Thank You for being our Sovereign fitness instructor. Amen
