The topic of interest right now is the Olympic Games. My aunt and I get up early in the morning to see our sportsmen and women compete in the most prestigious sports event in the world.
What amazes me is the amount of teenagers that have entered - and are actually winning gold and silver medals. For example, the youngest member of the American swimming team, 15-year old Katie Ledecky, won the 800m freestyle on Friday. The champions of this particular Olympic games apparently are getting younger and younger.
Do you know that the Bible has a lot to say about sport, fitness and competition? For the next few days, I will be concentrating on what the Bible can teach us and our children about living life God's way.
For today we will talk about exercise. The overwhelming statistics of child obesity are extremely high in most countries. Doctors prescribe a healthy diet and exercise as part of the solution to this terrible problem.
The toned bodies and bulging arms and legs of the athletes testify to the amount of exercise and weight training that they do. Nothing is too much for them in order to win a prize.
God also wants us to win a prize. In His eyes exercise has some benefits to us. He created our bodies in our mother's wombs and of course, He wants us to take care of them.
But there is something more important to God - godly living. It is said that Jesus grew in stature and in wisdom and in favor with both God and man. Do ing the right thing always and obeying God's word is what He wants us to do, and to teach it and model it to our children. Whether you choose not to include proper diet and exercise for your children may just be dangerous for their health in this present life, but not living right with God will be detrimental now and in eternity.
"Training the body helps a little, but godly living helps in every way. Godly living has the promise of life now and in the world to come." 1Timothy 4:8
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