What good is it, my brother

What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? James 2:14

Verse Reflections:  Here we go… God’s word is demanding that our deeds match our faith.  It is not right for us to go through life praising the Lord and then stuffing our bodies with processed carburgers that destroy our health.  If the food does not have nutritional value we should not be eating it.  We have to honor God by eating healthy, God foods.  We have to match our deeds with our faith.  We have to be willing to say a hard “no”.  We have to be willing to turn away from the unhealthy temptations.  We have to honor our bodies by keeping our weight at a healthy level.  We have to walk out our front door to exercise.  We have to take a walk, ride a bike, swim, run, go to yoga or lift weights.  We have to make sure our hearts are healthy.  We are claiming to love God but then we let our bodies gain unhealthy levels of weight.  We are putting too much weight on our joints.  We are disrespecting God when we choose not to maintain a healthy body weight.  We refuse to make the hard decision to say no to unhealthy foods.  We are choosing to gain weight.  We are choosing unhealthy eating habits and then we want to rely on our faith in God to get “healed” from the joint pain, the headaches, the heart issues, the diabetes and the consequences from our unhealthy deeds.  We must match our deeds to our faith starting today.  Choose healthy foods and say no to processed foods.

Prayer:  Thank You Father for loving me and giving me the power to have the deeds to match my faith.  I do not find it easy to eat right.  I want to add desert to every meal.  Send Your power on me to allow me to make the decisions that honor You.  I do have faith in You, I just don’t have faith in myself.  I know I have to have faith in both to choose healthy eating habits, healthy exercise habits.  Father, love on me, take my hand.  I want to honor You with my body.  I know I have to make conscious decisions to back that up.  I have to choose my deeds every day.  Give me the strength to eat right, to exercise for Your glory.  If I focus on Your glory instead of mine I will be more successful.  I cannot shout the message of Your love, of Your power if I am not allowing the full extent of it in my life.  I know people listen to the messages of people they want to be like.  I cannot shout the message of eating God foods if I am not doing it myself.  Honor me Lord with power.  I humble myself at Your feed and ask You for the power to do this.  In Your powerful name I pray.