The Wellness Revelation 40-Day Journey Sample

Live Out His Purpose For You

FOOD: OUR FUEL

In the Eucharist, we drink the juice or wine and eat the bread to remember Christ. Isn’t it interesting that God chose food and drink to honor Him? Why not a specific prayer? Why not make it a grueling activity like hiking up a mountain while carrying a large hundred-pound rock?

Of course, an act like this would have pleased a fitness-minded person like me. But no, I think God chose food and drink because they are the physically sustaining elements of life. If He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, He is our spiritually sustaining element of life.

The food we choose to eat is another way to honor the God who loved us first. Not in a prideful “Look what I do for God” way, but in an “All I need is You, Lord” way, from a humble and grateful heart.

While many fad diets promote ever-changing eating instructions, The Wellness Revelation is not about restricting you by telling you specifically what or how much to eat.

The key is this: I will ask you to stay constantly conscious of what food does for you and how it makes you feel. The food we eat definitely affects how we feel and, in turn, how we do our work. Food gives us either sustaining fuel (high octane) or draining fuel (low octane).

When we choose wisely, the food we consume will reflect our call to live into Christ’s highest purposes for us.

Wherever we work, we also rest. Next week, we’ll dig into what it looks like to rest in God’s strength and sufficiency instead of our own. We are often told that weight loss is a matter of pushing harder and doing more, but that isn’t God’s way. Keep going, friend!

Reflect:

Has food been serving you, or have you been serving food? If you have been serving food, what has it stolen from you?