Our bodies are apt to be our autobiographies. —Frank Gillette Burgess
The human body.
This topic is of immense concern in our culture. Look at the diet ads on social media after New Year’s Day and the latest infomercial touting a machine that can make you look like a Greek god in less than two minutes a day.
Consider our “body language.” Our conversations almost invariably end up focusing on our bodies and the dreaded “F” word—fat. We are always talking about our bodies!
But enough about what we, the books, and tabloids say about this … what does God say about the body?
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. (Psalm 139:14)
Your body is wonderful.
Do you believe that? Could you praise God for your body? Do you?
That’s not a simple question, is it? Many of us praise God in spite of how our bodies seem to be made. Some of us can’t think of any reason to thank Him at all. As our bodies interact with the world, they often experience pain, disease, injury, and… eventually, death.
Sure, our bodies might be “wonderful,” but not always in the “good” sense of the word. Is it possible that we have been made in a way that is “full of wonder” in the sense that we might have more questions than answers?
God wants you to praise Him for the way He has made you and to thank Him, by faith, for your body. That might seem like a real stretch right now. But if that’s what He wants for us, He stands ready to make it happen through us.
Dear Lord, thank You for Your many blessings on my life. Help me to see my body as You see it. Please expose the lies that I have believed about how I am made. Open my eyes and mind so I can see the full wonder of the body You have given me. Amen.