Kingdom Fitness

CHANGE YOUR MIND

"From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, repent: For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand." Matt. 4:17

This scripture is in reference to the Kingdom of
God. We are going to focus on the word repent. To repent means to turn away from sin, rebelliousness or disobedience and to turn back to God. It means to have a change of mind. A change from the way we think and do things to God's way: the way of the Kingdom of God, His standard or His government. In this scripture Jesus confronted people with a command to repent. This expresses that in order to receive what God has for them, for one to truly live their mind must change! You must change the way you think, live and have been doing things. This will require a sincere repentance of the heart and of the mind which in the culture of that day were one in the same. The command to repent (change your mind) is required of
us all in every area of our life, especially the area we wish to see the fruits of God's kingdom expressed the most. Whenever something from the Kingdom of God is introduced it takes letting go of what we think we know in order to grab hold of what is presented to us. We have done things the world's way long enough! It is time for a change!

Fitness is about being physically fit to fulfill that which one has been put on this earth by God to do. By using God's standard there is a state of health both in the spiritual and in the natural that we have access to that will take our lives to the next level. In order to do that we must change our minds, the way we think and what we have been taught, submitting ourselves totally to the government of God.

In this fast pace world in which we live, we look for quick fixes and set unrealistic goals to enhance our health. We depend largely on man and his government for answers. We expect them to tell the truth and to look out for our best interests. We have placed our trust in the hands of the fallen. In the hands of those who have rejected the knowledge of God. Who's really responsible for our current condition? We can point fingers at what we feel is to blame and would have valid arguments to a degree, but when it comes down to the core of the problem, it's us. It is our responsibility to be intentional about our own health and at the least fact check what is being presented to us as the truth. The answer to our problems as it pertains to health often hinges around what we are doing or not doing; what we know or don't know that has led to our current condition. Obesity and the overall unhealthiness of our society are at an all-time high and sadly growing. So many of us have settled and given ourselves over to lies and incomplete information; some to the point of giving up and others to the point of losing their lives. That withstanding, no matter your condition, disappointment or discouraging experience, whether it's mental, physical or spiritual, There is hope!