How should we think about physical health? Lots of ideas can shape our worldview of physical health (or of anything for that matter), but I've learned that each one points us back toward presuppositions we each have about God, about ourselves (man), and about the world. In this series of posts I want to think God’s thoughts after him about physical fitness. I can’t presume to say that this is exactly what God thinks about this topic, but I do hope these thoughts reflect biblical wisdom derived from biblical presuppositions: the image of God in man and that goodness of the created order.
Man in created in God’s image (Genesis 1:26). God created mankind with bodies and physical abilities so that we might fulfill his call on our lives: living in harmony with his will in relation to God, others, and nature. God enables me to fulfill his call with a body and physical abilities. In other words, my body is one of the means God has given to me for fulfilling the task. In the process of redemption God is renewing the physical capacities and abilities in me to enable me to use these God-reflecting gifts in such a way as to image him properly. One question I want to consider more is in what ways do our physical capacities reflect God?
But, so what? What difference does this idea make for the way we think and approach our physical health?
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