Special Revelation teaches us that we are creatures created in God’s image. That means many things. But one thing it means is that, "You and I are in little (our sins excepted) what God is in large." (Tozer, The Pursuit of God)
God has personality and we have personality. Having personality means He has mind, will, and emotion. Since we have personality, we have mind, will, and emotion.
God is spirit. That also means many things. But for purposes of this discussion, it means that God’s personality is housed in spirit. This corresponds, interestingly enough, to our personalities being housed in bodies. God’s personality can no more be separated from spirit than our personalities can be separated from our bodies (with the obvious exception of Death).
In other words, as long as we are alive, our personalities are intimately and permanently interacting with our bodies. We are, therefore, responsible to keep our bodies as healthy as we can to create an environment conducive to having healthy personalities (mind, will, emotion).
In other words, being Holistically Healthy, means being healthy in body, mind, will, and emotion. It also means being like God.
Over the next several installments, I will discuss ways of being healthy by addressing issues of the body, the emotion, the will, and the mind, in that order.
We will look at both Special and General Revelation to gain insight into healthy living.
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