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Brothers, Bodily Training Is of Some Value | John Piper · Reformed Thinking

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Welcome to Reformed Thinking. Today we're doing a special deep
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dive into something maybe we don't connect often enough.
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Our physical well-being and how it shapes well our spiritual
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walk. Our usefulness for God.
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Right. We often hear about spiritual
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disciplines focusing on the soul, yes.
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Pray more. Read the Bible more.
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All good things, obviously. Absolutely essential.
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But what if our physical state, how we feel, how we function,
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has more spiritual relevance than we usually think?
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That's the question. And the sources we're looking at
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today, figures like John Piper, Charles Spurgeon, Jonathan
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Edwards, they offer a really compelling view on this.
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They really do. They connect our bodies.
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You know how we eat, move, rest directly to things like mental
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clarity, emotional resilience, and just our overall ability to
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live for God's renown? It sounds like a much more
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integrated picture of the Christian life, practical but
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theological too. It's a good way to put it.
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OK, let's unpack this. This deep dive is for you, the
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listener, wanting to get up to speed quickly but thoroughly.
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Our aim today is to pull out some maybe surprising facts,
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some timeless wisdom from these sources.
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Sort of a shortcut to being well informed on this body soul
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connection. Yeah, exactly that.
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We'll look at historical views, personal habits, biblical
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principles, all from the material provided, trying to
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understand this often overlooked area.
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The body as brother ass, a foundational view.
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All right, so let's start with a really interesting analogy.
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It kind of sets the stage for everything else.
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The body as brother ass. Yes, brother ass, It's a
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striking phrase. It is.
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Where does it come from? Well, the idea goes back to
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Saint Francis of Assisi way back in the 13th century, but CS
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Lewis brought it to wider attention more recently.
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OK, and what does it mean calling your body a donkey?
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Well, it paints a specific picture.
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The body is seen as useful, sturdy but also potentially
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lazy, stubborn, sometimes patient, even lovable, but also
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infuriating, like a beast of burden.
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And the term asked? The donkey is chosen quite
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deliberately, the sources suggest.
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Think about it. Nobody really reveres a donkey,
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right? You don't worship.
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It No, definitely not. But you don't typically hate it
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either. It's a practical, common sense
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animal. You don't bow down, but you
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don't abuse it if you want to work for you.
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So this analogy, what kind of approaches to the body does it
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steer us away from? It pushes back against two
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extremes that have cropped up throughout history.
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First, there's the ascetic view. Punishing the body.
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Sort of seeing it as a prison or a source of evil, maybe even
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like a sack of dung as one source.
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Put it rather bluntly. Yeah.
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So some people tried extreme denial, self punishment,
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thinking that would lead to spiritual purity, despising the
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body. OK, that's one extreme.
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What's the other? The other is what the source is
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called, the Neo Pagan view. This is where the body is
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revered, seen as glorious in itself.
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Like focusing purely on physical perfection, strength, beauty,
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that sort of thing. Right.
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Making the physical form the ultimate good brother ass avoids
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both. It doesn't worship the body, but
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doesn't despise it either. So it's a middle path.
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If it's neither revered nor hated, how are we supposed to
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treat this brother ass? It offers a really balanced way
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forward. It frames the body as a partner,
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maybe a tool. A tool.
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Yeah, or like a working animal, if you give it fitting
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treatment. Sometimes that means discipline,
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a firm hand you know, And sometimes it means a reward,
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like good food or rest. Then it can give good service.
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So it recognizes its limits, its unruly side, but also its
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potential usefulness. Precisely.
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It's not about the body being glorious in itself, or achieving
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peak physical condition just for its own sake.
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It's about its utility, its ability to help us serve a
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higher purpose. And this whole viewpoint, it's
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grounded in Scripture, isn't it? This idea that our physical
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state matters spiritually. Oh absolutely, that's central.
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First Corinthians 6.20 is key here.
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You were bought with a price, therefore glorifying God in your
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body, right? That's the guidepost for
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everything else we'll discuss about physical care.
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Our bodies aren't separate from our spiritual usefulness.
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They're directly tied to it. They belong to Christ.
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They're meant to bring him glory.
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OK, but here's a question you might be asking then.
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If our bodies are temporary, Paul calls them a tent, says
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they're wasting away. Why bother giving them so much
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attention? Why not just let them waste away
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if they're perishable? That's a very reasonable
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question, and the answer from these sources maybe a bit
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counter intuitive. It's that even in their
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temporary state, even while they are wasting away, our bodies are
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instruments for God's renown. They enable our minds, our
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senses to be effective partners and seeing His glory and doing
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His work. Like servicing a car, you don't
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think the car lasts forever, but you need it for today's journey.
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It's a good analogy. We care for our bodies so they
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can effectively serve God's purposes now in this life.
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And the ultimate aim, interestingly, is to be so
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content in God, so satisfied in Christ, that you're actually
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willing to risk your health, even your life, to make him
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known. That's the paradox.
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We care for the body, so it can be useful.
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Even useful to the point of being spent or sacrificed if God
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calls for it. The care is a means to an end.
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Being ready, being a living sacrifice. 2 Intentional eating
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fueling mind and spirit. All right, so from that
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foundational idea of brother ass, let's get specific.
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Let's talk about eating something we do every day,
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multiple times. How does that connect?
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Well, it turns out that what we eat has, maybe surprisingly,
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real spiritual relevance. It shapes our capacity for
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spiritual work, even our experience of God's presence.
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So the New Testament actually presents food in two ways, as an
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occasion for happy feasting, but also for holy fasting.
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There's a lot of freedom in Christ regarding food.
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Right, Paul says God provides everything to enjoy.
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He does, and everything created by God is good if received with
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Thanksgiving. So there's a holiness and
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happiness and happiness and holiness.
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But it's the same time, Paul also warns, do not be dominated
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by anything. Including food.
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Including food. And Jesus expected his followers
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would fast. So there's this balance,
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enjoyment and self-control, freedom and discipline.
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It's not about rigid rules for their own sake, but about being
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truly free, not controlled by food.
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That balance sounds tricky in everyday life.
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How did someone like Jonathan Edwards handle this?
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I know he's often cited for his discipline.
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Edwards is a fascinating example.
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Even as a very young man, just 21, he started meticulously
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observing how different foods affected him.
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At 21. Wow.
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Yes, and his goal wasn't just about taste or even basic
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health. He explicitly chose foods based
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on what made him most fit for mental labor.
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So optimizing for thinking, for study.
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Exactly. He wanted peak cognitive
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function for his theological work and spiritual life.
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What did that look like in practice?
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Did he just eat bread and water? Not quite that extreme, but very
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discipline. His diary shows he avoided
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anything that made him feel sick or sleepy.
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He noted the effects carefully. Like a scientist observing an
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experiment. Almost.
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He aimed for sparing this in diet.
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Bring things light and easy of digestion.
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He resolved on strictest temperance.
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He might limit himself to certain light puddings or
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specific meats in small amounts. Why?
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What was the driving goal? His stated aim was to think more
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clearly and to gain time for his studies and spiritual
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activities. He knew a heavy meal could dull
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his mind, making him less productive for reflection or
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sermon prep. So it wasn't about looking thin
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or denying pleasure altogether. The sources suggest not.
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It was intentional stewardship, using his body as a tool for a
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greater purpose, God's glory, access through his mind and
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spirit. It was like biohacking for God,
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you could almost say. OK.
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Connecting that back to the bigger picture, what principle
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does Edwards's approach show us? It shows us we should be
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intentional about how eating effects our bodies partnership
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in perceiving God's glory. The Kingdom isn't about food and
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drink. Those are secondary.
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But the pleasure from food received, thankfully, can be
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part of worship. And even the denial, like
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Edwards practiced, can lead to a different kind of delight, the
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delight of a clear mind apprehending truth.
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These secondary things can support the primary goal, seeing
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and savoring God. That's a really helpful way to
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think about it. Denial and delight both
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potentially serving the same end.
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But you mentioned Spurgeon earlier.
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Wasn't he concerned about confusing physical issues with
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spiritual ones? Yes, very much so.
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Spurgeon warned pastors especially not to mistake bad
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digestion or dyspexia for spiritual backsliding or a hard
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heart. Because indigestion can make you
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feel pretty miserable. Exactly.
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Gloomy, despondent, maybe even apathetic.
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Spiritually, a minister might feel low and blame it on lack of
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faith, when really maybe it was just that heavy dinner or not
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out of sleep. So check your digestion before
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diagnosing your soul. Spurgeon basically said that
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yes, it was practical wisdom. Sometimes the spiritual crisis?
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His brother asked, complaining about how you treated.
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Him, That makes sense. And does this approach to eating
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need to change as we get older? Oh definitely, the sources are
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clear on this. What was wise eating in your
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youth might not be wise later. Our bodies change, metabolism
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shift. Like John Piper notes, right?
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Piper mentions he just can't eat as much now without gaining
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unhelpful weight. His body doesn't process it the
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same way, so ongoing watchfulness, wise adjustments.
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That's part of stewarding. Brother asks through life.
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Keep it useful, not a burden. A pathway to mental and
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emotional stability. OK, from food, let's turn to
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movement. Exercise.
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This seems even more purely physical, right?
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Gyms, running tracks. Yeah.
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How does this tie into the spiritual realm, especially for
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us modern folks who often sit a lot?
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It's interesting the Bible doesn't say a whole lot directly
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about exercises. We think of it.
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Why not? Was it seen as unimportant?
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Likely not because it wasn't valuable, but because back then
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daily life was physical activity.
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Walking everywhere, farming, building, manual labor.
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Lack of movement wasn't the common problem it is today.
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So they didn't need a command to get exercise because they
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already work. Pretty much our sedentary lives
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create a totally different context, a new challenge for
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that body soul connection. O If there aren't direct
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commands, how do we apply biblical principles to exercise
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today? What guidance do the sources
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pull out? They highlight several
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underlying principles. First, again, our bodies belong
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to Christ and should glorify Him.
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That includes physical actions. 1st Corinthians 6 again.
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Yep. 2nd, laziness is clearly condemned in scripture,
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especially Proverbs. Diligence leads to flourishing.
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Inactivity can be a form of sloth.
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Third, we're meant to be free from enslaving habits that could
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include unhealthy patterns of inactivity that hinder our
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service. 4th, hard work brings rewards.
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The discipline of physical effort can yield good results.
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And you mentioned something about no pain, no gain.
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Sort of the idea that affliction or pushing through difficulty
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can lead to advanced finds. Resonance.
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Building physical resilience might parallel building
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spiritual resilience and fundamentally any effort towards
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health, if it's Christ exulting flows from believing the gospel.
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So it's about framing exercise within God's purposes, not just
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physical vanity. Right.
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And modern medical understanding really helps connect these
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principles to our lives. Now how?
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So what does medicine add? Well, for starters, obesity,
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especially if it's largely self-imposed, generally doesn't
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help us perceive God's glory. It often brings health issues,
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reduces vitality, can dull the mind.
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And exercise. Consistent exercise has a clear
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benefits for mental and emotional stability.
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It's known to help with clinical depression and anxiety.
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It acts like a natural mood regulator.
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How does it do that? It improves sleep, which is huge
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for mood, and it actually changes brain chemistry,
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boosting things like endorphins, serotonin, dopamine.
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These chemicals lead to more pleasant feelings, reducing that
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tendency towards melancholy or low spirits.
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So it literally makes you feel better chemically?
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Does it sharpen the mind too? Yeah, for study or ministry
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work. Yes, the benefits go beyond
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mood. Research shows exercise improves
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mental vigor, reaction time, sharpness, even things like math
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skills. Really.
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Math skills. Apparently so it can also
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enhance creativity and imagination.
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Useful for problem solving, teaching, writing and for older
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people, physical fitness helps maintain quicker mental
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responses. Fit older adults can sometimes
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react as quickly on cognitive tests as unfit younger ones.
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That's quite something. It shows a direct link between
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caring for the body and keeping the mind sharp for God's work.
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It does. It equips us better to use our
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minds for His glory. Now, John Piper is pretty open
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about his own exercise routine. What does he actually do and
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why? Piper shares quite a bit.
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He's been a jogger for well over 4 decades now, averaging about 9
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miles a week for a lot of that time.
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Is he fast? He calls his pace.
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Pokey says it's not about speed or competition, but just
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maintaining that physical balance needed for ministry.
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He also walks a lot, especially to church, thousands of miles
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over the years. And he finds those walks
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spiritually helpful. Very much so a special time to
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hear from God, he says for communion, prayer, reflection,
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and more recently, realizing he was losing muscle mass with age,
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he added weightlifting a few times a week, just 20-30
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minutes. Just maintaining the machine, so
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to speak. To keep it functional for
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service, yes. And what's his main reason for
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all this? Is he trying to live longer?
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He's very clear his goal isn't primarily extending his life.
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It might do that, but his aim is to maximize purity and
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productivity right now. Purity and productivity.
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What does he mean by that? By purity he means being a more
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loving person, less irritable, less gloomy, which can happen
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when you feel physically sluggish.
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And by productivity, he means getting more done for the Lord's
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study, writing, preaching, caring for people.
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So exercise helps his character and his output.
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That's his experience, he says. He's less prone to melancholy
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when he moves his body. He feels happier, sleeps better,
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has more energy. And that energy isn't just for
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himself. Where does it go?
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He directs it, he says, towards the Bible, preaching in people.
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He believes God designed it this way.
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Physical activity helps him share the gospel more
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effectively. So it's a spiritual discipline
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for him, feeding his ministry. Definitely not just a worldly
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health thing. OK, summing up this section on
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exercise, yeah, it sounds like it leads back to that same
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paradox we found earlier. It really does.
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Exercise is a tool, a means to an end, not peak fitness for its
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own sake. Not just feeling good, though
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that's nice, right? But enabling our minds and
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senses to partner effectively in seeing God's glory, leading to
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such satisfaction in Him that we're ready to risk health, risk
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life, to make Him known. The discipline prepares us for
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sacrifice. We care for the body to be more
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useful for Christ. Ready to lay it down for Christ.
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A divine ordinance for sustained ministry.
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All right, we've talked eating. We've talked moving.
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Now let's talk about stopping rest.
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This often feels passive, maybe even like a luxury we can't
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afford. But the sources see it
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differently. Very differently.
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REST isn't just presented as a human need, it's shown as a
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divine ordinance, something built into creations design.
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You mean the Sabbath? Exactly.
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God himself set that rhythm. Work six days, rest one.
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It's a pattern he established. And think about Jesus after his
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disciples had been incredibly busy, lots of people coming and
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going. What did he say?
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Come away by yourselves and rest a while.
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Right. He invited them to intentional
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cessation from labor. That sets a huge precedent.
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God designed us for rhythms of work and rest, not just nonstop
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toil. That's particularly relevant for
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people in demanding roles, like pastors or others in full time
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ministry. Spurgeon had a lot to say about
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this, didn't he? He certainly did.
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Spurgeon strongly urged pastors to, as he put it, fight for joy
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by making sure they rested. He knew first hand that a
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Minister Sunday is often the opposite of restful.
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It's a day of intense work. A day of toil, he called it.
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Preaching, teaching, counseling, leading.
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It's draining. So what was his practical
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counsel? Just take Monday off.
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His advice was blunt. If pastors don't find rest on
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another day, they shall break down.
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Simple as that. He himself tried to keep
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Wednesday as his day off when he could.
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Intentionally stepping away, yes.
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He talked about the wisdom of an occasional furlough meeting,
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times of holy inaction and consecrated leisure.
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He actually argued, in the long run we shall do more by
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sometimes doing less. Doing less to achieve more.
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That sounds countercultural today.
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Deeply countercultural, but he was convinced.
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He told ministers no tender conscience should doubt it's OK
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to go out of harness for a while.
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Like taking the burden off the working animal.
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He saw rest as vital for long term effectiveness, not
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laziness. And he specifically recommended
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getting out into nature for refreshment, right?
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That feels very relevant now with all our screens.
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Oh, hugely relevant. He observed that sedentary
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habits breed despondency, especially during London's foggy
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months when everything felt Gray and closed in.
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Makes sense? He argued that the sounds and
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sights of the natural world, bees, pigeons, birdsong, wind in
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the trees, streams, these are crucial for the soul's health.
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He worried that neglecting these simple things makes the heart
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forget to sing, makes the soul heavy.
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It's like nature retunes us somehow.
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That's the feeling he conveys. He had some wonderful
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descriptions. He said things like a day's
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breathing of fresh air upon the hills, or a few hours ramble and
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the beach was umbrageous. Calm would sweep the cobwebs out
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of the brain of scores of our toiling ministers who are now
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but half alive. Sweep the cobwebs out.
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I like that. Isn't it vivid?
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He said. A mouthful of sea air or a brisk
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walk gives oxygen to the body, which is the next best thing
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after grace for the souls invigoration.
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He called nature's elements flowers, animals, fresh hay, the
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best medicine, the surest tonics, the best refreshments.
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He really saw it as therapeutic. Absolutely, And he warned that
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neglecting these great remedies could lead ministers to become
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self immolated victims, basically burning themselves out
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by ignoring their need for physical and mental recovery.
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Wow, so bringing this into our time.
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Spurgeon's insights about rest, especially it's linked to mood
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and resilience, seem to resonate with modern experience too.
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They really do. Piper again shares his own
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experience here, particularly as he's gotten older.
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He says he's emotionally less resilient.
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When I lose sleep. Lack of sleep makes him more
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prone to feeling. Down exactly.
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It lowers his threshold for despondency, makes the future
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look bleak even when he knows intellectually it isn't
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rational. It's a physical reality he has
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to manage. He admits he used to push
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through with little sleep, but not anymore.
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So for him, getting enough sleep isn't just about health, it's
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tied to his spiritual perseverance.
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That's how he puts it. It's a matter of staying in
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ministry, of persevering as a Christian.
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Which lines up perfectly with Spurgeon's point about not
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mistaking physical depletion for a spiritual problem.
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Our physical state is often the battleground.
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So, practical conclusion, making wise adjustments to our sleep
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and rest patterns is crucial. Yes, it becomes part of that
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fight for joy, acknowledging the physical limits God has given
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us. It's theological self-care
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really. Treating brother ass wisely so
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he can keep going V adapting bodily care with age and for
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God's glory. So as we wrap up this deep dive,
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it seems essential to touch on how all this eating, exercise,
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rest needs to adapt over time. The sources are quite clear.
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What was wise in the early years is no longer wise as we get
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older. Our bodies change, so our
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approach has to change too. We have to keep a close watch on
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yourself, as the sources say. You mentioned Piper adapting his
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eating, right? He notes his metabolism changed,
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he simply can't eat the same way without gaining unhealthful
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weight. It's not lack of willpower, it's
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biology changing. So he has to adjust his intake.
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Maybe the types of food? And presumably the same applies
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to exercise and rest. Exactly the kind or intensity of
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exercise might need to change. The amount of sleep needed might
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increase. It's this ongoing process of
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observation and adjustment asking how is Brother asked
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doing now? What does this partner need at
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this stage to remain a useful instrument?
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So it's active stewardship even as the body is, as Paul said,
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wasting away. That's right, it is wasting
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away. It's a temporary tent.
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We know we'll ultimately be raised glorious at the
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resurrection, but for now, in its current state, it's still a
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useful partner. The goal is caring for it well,
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so it renders good service for its appointed season, maximizing
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its utility for God's purposes while we have it.
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OK, let's pull all these threads together then.
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Eating intentionally, exercising consistently, resting
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adequately. What's the ultimate why?
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What's the main rationale behind all this mindful bodily care?
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The ultimate reason? The bottom line for all of it is
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singular to glorify God. Not primarily our own health,
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comfort or longevity. Those might be side benefits,
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and they're not bad things, but the main goal isn't self
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focused. It's about enabling our minds
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and senses to be better partners in perceiving His glory, in
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understanding His Word, in relating to others.
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And combating things that hinder that.
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Yes, combating despondency, which can really shut down
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spiritual vitality, gaining the physical and mental energy
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needed for study, for preaching or teaching, for serving others
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with diligence, with cheerfulness.
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It leads back to Piper's purity being more loving and
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productivity getting much done for the Lord.
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It's about readiness for service.
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And it leads back one last time to that paradox.
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It does. It's all geared towards being so
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satisfied in God, so content in Him, that we become willing to
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risk health, risk life, to make Him known.
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Our physical well-being isn't the final goal.
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It's a means to greater spiritual usefulness, a life
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live for Christ's renowned for showing and sharing the gospel.
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The care we give the body should make us more ready to lay it
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down for Him, not less outro. Well, we've certainly covered a
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lot of ground today. Looking at Spurgeon, Edwards,
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Piper, it really points towards a, well, a surprisingly
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integrated view of Christian living.
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Our body, This brother ass, really is meant to be a tool for
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God's glory. From eating with intention to
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moving consistently to resting deliberately, these physical
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habits have real spiritual weight.
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They affect our minds, our emotions, our energy for
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pursuing God's purposes. Yeah, this deep dive really
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shows that paying attention to our physical selves isn't
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somehow unspiritual. It can be part of our worship,
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part of fighting for joy, enabling us to serve better,
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longer, maybe more effectively. So maybe a final thought for
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you, the listener, to consider is this in what small, wise way
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could you adjust your eating, your exercise, or your rest this
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week? Not just for the physical
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benefits alone. Right, but with the specific aim
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of being better equipped to perceive God's glory to live
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more fully for His name. How could caring for brother ass
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actually help you? Love God and love your neighbor
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better this week. That's definitely a thought
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worth chewing on. We hope this deep dive has been
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helpful for you. Join us again next time on
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Reformed Thinking as we unpack another set of sources for more
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insights.