The Spiritual Component – Does it Apply ?

Welcome to another in the series Reverse Diabetes – My Journey To Health. In this post we will examine the spiritual component as it relates to good health and reversing diabetes.

While I recognize and respect that all will not agree with my spiritual beliefs, nonetheless it is my hope that all will benefit from the information provided, and the practical approach of My Journey With Diabetes Type 2. At the very least, my hope is that you will be given “food” for thought in relation to the spiritual component of healing.

In the Image of God

Early in the Bible,  we are told that God made man in His own image;  “Let us make man in

our own image…” (Genesis 1:26).  The our referred to in that Scripture is widely accepted

to mean  God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.  Three persons existing in one triune God.

In the same way I believe we are made up of body, mind, and spirit, the spirit being the

spiritual component.  Three parts, each of which are interdependent on each other to make us one.  It follows therefore that the health of each one affects the health of the other. Most of us

tend to focus more on one or two, to the neglect of the other/s.

The Body is God’s Temple

In 1 Corinthians 3:16 the apostle Paul states: “Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?” That tells me clearly that we have a responsibility to be good stewards of our bodies by making every effort to keep it in good

health. If we don’t aspire to this, then we essentially take our bodies for granted.

While the spirit is the part of us that has the potential to communicate with God, hence the spiritual component, and the spirit is the part that lives on when we die, nonetheless I believe that does not negate our responsibility to also be good stewards of our bodies as the gift that it

is.

Self Control

Galatians 5:22 addresses the fruit of the spirit beginning with “…love, joy, peace…” and

ending with “self control.” I believe self control is appropriately placed at the end because

the exercise of self control is needed to apply the others in our lives. In other words, we have

to obey or cooperate with God by the exercise of discipline and “self control.”

Indeed, self control/discipline applies to every area of our lives  including what we eat, and

how much we eat. Recognizing that because we are made up of fallen flesh which is in

opposition to the reborn spirit which is in us when we accept Christ as Lord of our lives, sometimes we struggle. Sometimes we stumble such as in my experience with eating that I describe in my blog entitled “No More Medications.” The fact is that we will never reach

perfection this side of heaven,but that does not mean that we should give up. We should

cultivate a desire to please God. Part of which I beleive is to exercise self control and

restraint relative to what we place into our bodies.

Eating the Way God Intended

Everything I’ve read in the Bible convinces me that God intended for us to eat natural

instead of processed foods. Foods such as fruits, grains, nuts, vegetables, and other plant

life. Genesis 1:29 “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole

earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be food for you…

I give every green plant for food.” Of course, Jesus Himself ate fish which makes it

good enough for me. Fish with scales that is…  “These shall ye eat of all that are in

the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in

the rivers, them shall ye eat. (Leviticus 11:9). Also, we are allowed to eat the meat of

some animals (Leviticus 11:1-8). Read my blog entitled diet and nutrition for more on

this.

More and more, it is my conviction that if we eat the above foods in moderation, and stay

away from processed foods, we will be well on our way to achieving optimum health in our physical bodies. In other words, we dramatically increase our chances  of remaining in

good health until the end of this life as we know it.  I remain convinced that many illness, including diabetes type 2 could be avoided by simply eating more wisely. (more)

Healing From God?

I remain convinced that diabetes can be reversed. In Psalm 139:14 the Psalmist says;  “I

will praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.”

Truly the body is “fearfully and wonderfully made.” It never ceases to amaze me as to how resilient it is. The body’s ability to compensate is nothing short of miraculous. When we lose

a limb, or one of two organs such as an eye, the other will tend to become more efficient. The miracle of childbirth, which is taken for granted by many, can only occur if numerous events

that are interdependent on each other occur precisely as intended for a healthy child to be

born.

 

Anyway, you get my point. The body can, and will recover, if we give it the proper fuel it

needs to recover.  Of equal importance however, is the fact that though the body is capable

of sustaining itself through a great deal of abuse and neglect, it is not limitless as to how much

it can endure before it succumbs to disease or ill health.

 

Since I begin with the premise that God is our creator, and that all knowledge and wisdom

flows from Him, then it follows naturally that ultimately all healing comes from God,

regardless of the means by which that healing is delivered.

 

Thank you for joining me in the ongoing series entitled Reverse Diabetes – My Journey To

Health. I invite you to share your comments on this blog, and also to visit my other blogs

relative to this journey.