My final blog will be talking about
being fit for Christ. Society today is focusing on the body and mind being
healthy and with obesity being a big problem today this is a great thing to do.
But, a person cannot be wholly fit unless it involves recognizing the
importance of having faith in Christ and allowing him to be in control of your
whole being. The article Holy and healthy
living written by Rhonda talks about how people go to doctors or
specialists when they have a disease but when a Christian is looking for
healing this should not be just for one part of your body but instead should
incorporate the whole being, mind, body and spirit (Rhonda, http://www.holyandhealthyliving.com/benefits-of-meditation/,
2014). The article also talks about the many benefits of meditation for people
who want to become healthy. Rhonda states, “For people of faith one of the main
benefits of meditation is that it can help you to feel closer to God” (2014).
Rhonda also says that meditation helps to clear a person’s mind of negative
thinking in order to have greater focus on setting goals for your life (Rhonda,
2014).
This article would be useful for a
coach who is dealing with a client who wants to become physically fit. If our
lives are not right with God then this can have an effect on us not only mentally
but physically as well. Meditating on the word of God and prayer is most
beneficial and according to Lynda Clements when a client is trying to become
fit then it should bring glory to God and not to themselves (Fit for Christ: The practice of health
coaching, producer Jennifer Cisney, retrieved from : Liberty University
online, 2009). As a coach I would explain to my client that I would help them
try to become fit but the important thing is to put God first in their life
before anything else.
The Bible is clear in 1 Corinthians
6:19 that our bodies belong to God once we become a believer because we were
bought with the price of Jesus’s sacrifice and we need to glorify Him with how
we take care of it. This does not mean that we try to be like skinny models that
are exploiting themselves and dishonoring God. It means taking care of what God
has entrusted us with. The important thing that a coach should tell their
client is that when trying to become fit that they should offer their bodies to
God because this is the proper way of worshiping Him (Romans 12:1).
References
Rhonda, http://www.holyandhealthyliving.com/benefits-of-meditation/,
(2014)
n/a, Fit for Christ:
The practice of health coaching, producer Jennifer Cisney, retrieved from :
Liberty University
online, (2009)
