There comes a time in your life when you are not healthy. That statement is not too profound, but it’s certainly true. It might be something minor or something big. Either way, eventually, things break down. Paul speaks to this in 2 Corinthians 4:16-17, saying, “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”
I don’t like this “wasting away” thing at all. It sounds ominous, but it is true. We are wasting away. The Greek word Paul uses in that verse literally means to gradually become incapacitated, to lose one’s strength, to waste away, to become weak. Well, that pretty much nails it. In your teens and twenties, you’re invincible. But, over time, cells, muscles, and bones begin the process of dying. What we do in the process can make all the difference in life. So what do you do?
The thing about health crises is that if you don’t deal with them at the right time, they will get worse, resulting in many other problems. So, if you have any health issue going on, get to it and do all you can to make yourself healthy once again instead of pretending it doesn’t exist.
But ultimately, remember this: A body deteriorates, but a person develops.
Do what you can physically, but spend much of your energy on developing life-changing character. The Apostle Paul also said, 1 Timothy 4:8 To make the body strong helps a little, but the things of God help us in all ways. The things of God promise us life now and life in heaven.’