What’s sort of funny about these blogs is that they can be seen by the whole world. I could say anything personal, and thousands of people could know within minutes. Well, hopefully thousands of people won’t read this because that would be even more embarrassing. I am going to share with you what God has been teaching me the past couple of days. In order to do this I have to share some things that could potentially be humiliating, but God calls us to walk in humiliation in order to better minister to others and to be the woman or man of God that he created you to be.
1 Peter 5:5 Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
　
On the World Race, I hear people on my squad talk about how “In America, I can shower EVERY DAY like normal! I can go get our hair cut and dyed and look normal! I can wear normal clothes! I can go to the dentist and brush my teeth like normal! I can eat healthy food like normal! I can work out like I normally do! ” Every time I hear this, I feel a heart string being pulled. Not because they are offending me or even talking about me, but because this is my normal.
[Insert gasp here, but get ready the best is yet to come!]
　
It’s true, I don’t take showers every day on the Race or at home. It’s true, I am not exactly the best at brushing my teeth. It’s true, I don’t work out on a regular basis on the race or in America. It’s true that I do have my hair in dreadlocks (which I didn’t have in America), but with dreadlocks you don’t wash your hair near as much as you would normally wash your hair. It’s also true that I choose to eat unhealthy food the majority of the time when there’s an option not to.
You see world, the truth is I don’t really take good care of myself both on the race and off.
“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.” 1 Corinthians 7:22
There’s no other reason that I don’t take good care of myself other than pure laziness. Which the bible speaks against in proverbs 10:4- Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.
God has called me to start to care about my body which is a temple. God created these muscles to be used and to be strong in order to be ready for anything he might call me to in order to minister. God gave me this body to be taken care of and not taken advantage of. God gave me these teeth to efficiently speak the gospel instead of just eating. God gave me everything I have for the purpose to serve him. Nothing he created on my body was made to be lazy. He wants me to be thankful for my body, not take advantage of it, and make sure that it is cared after. This heart of mine deserves to be strong and not weak, therefore I will begin to work out and exercise on a daily basis. This body deserves to be cared after and be cleaned when it can be instead of be dirty out of laziness, so I will shower more than normal. I will start to put in an effort on a daily basis to care after this temple and everything he’s given me.
The point is, God makes no mistakes. He didn’t give me anything for no purpose at all. I made this blog to share what God has put on my heart lately and also to keep myself accountable. It’d be pretty embarrassing to share this with the world and not actually do it. I want to serve God with all my heart, soul, mind and body as much as I want all my family and friends to serve God with everything they have as well.
So how are you taking care of your temple? Has God given you muscles that you have chosen not to use? Maybe it’s not physical, maybe God has given you a voice to sing but you have decided not to sing for his Glory. Maybe you do take care of your body and work out a lot, but choose not to run marathons for charity when that’s what God gave you the ability to run for. My challenge to you is to care for your body, use everything God has given you to your best ability, and listen to what God wants you to do with it.
