Post #0023 – Health And Fitness In The Wild ***[Special Post]***
I go to a small church in NYC called HillsongNYC and our pastor, Carl Lentz just finished up his sermon series entitled “The Church In The Wild”. I was reading through my notes from Part II of his sermon series, and he spoke about what a Christian in the wild understands. And it was his second point that hit me. He said “if God created you wild, He doesn’t want to tame you. He wants to lead you, and guide you“.
Oh Nation is not just a catchy name to sell some cool gear. Oh Nation is not just a company trying to make a quick buck. Oh Nation is a God inspired movement. He has opened my eyes to all the people who are suffering from health problems in this world and He has called me to do something about it! My pastor said it best when talking about the DNA of HillsongNYC almost a year ago at one of the first team nights. “We can’t do everything. But we must do something!”
Jesus is leading us (Oh Nation) into the wild and will guide us through the wild to reach the unhealthy, the obese, the diabetics, the smokers, the alcoholics, the addicts… and we are ready!
There are 3 different groups that need to be reached when talking about health & fitness in the wild.
- There are the health conscious who already know what’s going on. This group has a clear understanding that their body is His temple. They eat healthy and they work out. They are disciplined.
- There’s the people who are somewhere in the middle. This group eats healthy when they can or want to, and work out when they’re not too tired. They will do things out of convenience for them.
- The third group of people just don’t know. They don’t know what they should be eating or what kind of exercise they should be doing. A concern for this group would be the income disparity which makes it very difficult to buy healthier food and have access to fitness facilities even if they wanted to make changes.
- We will continue to elevate the health conscious. “…we pray for you all the time- pray that our God will make you fit for what he’s called you to be, pray that he’ll fill your good ideas and acts of faith with his own energy so that it all amounts to something” (2 Thessalonians 1:11 MSG).
- We will support the middle pack to stay disciplined with their health. “…all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness” (Hebrews 12:11 ESV).
- And we will educate those who don’t know much about health and fitness. We will teach them so they learn what they must do to prevent obesity related diseases. We will instruct so they know how to lose weight, get in shape, and be healthy. “I do it for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.” (1 Corinthians 9:23 ESV)
I’m not a pastor. I’m not a theologian. I’m just a fitness professional who loves Jesus. I don’t know how we’re going to do this or how long it will take, but I choose to be in the wild because He has called me here.
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