Staying Forever Young! (Yes, forever!) - Biblical Fitness Program

We are told, "Godliness with contentment is great gain". 1Ti 6:6

We know that we brought into this world nothing, and we get out of this world with nothing. So we begin our life with nothing, and end with nothing. We go from zero to zero. Therefore it makes a perfect sense to say, "If we have food and clothing, we will be content."

But what about so much craving for food (let alone the unruly desire for money and all other things)?

My family doctor says, "You need to bring down your weight from 182 to 165." So I joined a fitness program. But increasingly I am bothered by the gym getting increasingly crowded. Why is the LA Fitness (especially the one in Downey) so crowded with so many who are so overweight? If I have food and clothing, I can be content with it. Granted. Then again, why the 'craving' rather than the 'contentment'? Why is it not so easy to be content with the [the amount of the] food that your body is in need of? More importantly how can one curb (and control) the craving for food, so you would not gain weight but naturally keep the weight at the level where your doctor recommends you to be?

I think the solution to the problem is seen in 1 Timothy 3:16 which reads, "Beyond all question, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in a body, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory."  Jesus secured the ultimate gain - the gain on one's body and person, not only in terms of gaining or losing weight but in the sense of getting 'fit' in the true sense of being 'fit', for how else can you be better fit than being given a body in which Jesus was taken up?! Indeed, beyond all question, the mystery of godliness is great!

Where then does "the godliness", not any godliness but "true" godliness come from? How can you get it? It springs from Jesus Christ. (Ephesians 4:24; 1Ti 3:16, NIV 2011 reading, "Beyond all question, the mystery from which true godliness springs is great...")

Now we are told, " For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come." (1Ti 4:8). So in addition to the fitness program for physical training you may already be in, consider training yourself to be godly. [The membership at the LA Fitness is $35 a month, but the program for godly training at LA UBF is for free. If any one is interested in the plan, pls send an email to hdk121@gmail.com for the details.]