Your body is a finely tuned machine!

Did you know that your body is finely tuned machine?  I do let out a small laugh when I think about myself being a finely tuned machine.  After all, this morning my belt fits a little tighter than it did just a few months ago.  But it is true!  God designed our bodies to do miraculous things!  Your eyes adjust to the amount of light that is in the room.  Your lungs take in air which your body then processes for use.  Your digestive system can break apart a cheeseburger and fries, keep the nutrients that you need for fuel, and dispose of elements your body does not need.  Your fingers can take a word from your mind and click buttons on a board to reproduce those words on a screen which your eyes read, your brain interprets, and your fingers respond if something is spelled wrong.  Your body is a machine!  And like any machine you can think of, the output from that machine is directly related to what the input is.

• The food that goes into your mouth today will lead to how you will feel later.
• The amount of sleep you get tonight will lead to how you will feel tomorrow.
• The rate at which you walk down the street today will lead to how fast your heart will beat.
• The lyrics of music you listen to today will lead to the phrases you will later sing.
• The pictures your eyes see today will lead to the visions your mind will reflect on later.
• The sentences you read today will lead to the ideas you will have later.
• The words you hear today will lead to thoughts and ideas on how you will respond to those words.

Men, these are just a few ways that your body daily takes inputs and produces outputs.  Whatever goes in your body in the form of seeing, feeling, hearing, or eating will result in how your body responds and what it produces.  I want to encourage you today to be aware of what you are taking in.  Is everything you’re reading, hearing, or watching today line up with the man of Christ you want to be tomorrow?  If so, that is GREAT!  But if not, I want to encourage you to change that input to something different so that you will produce the output you desire.  If you need any help or ideas on how to do this, please let me know.

Jesus tells us in Luke 11 that we are machines of sort.  He said “Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are healthy, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are unhealthy, your body also is full of darkness.  See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness.” 

Begin today by controlling what your eyes and ears take in.  Fill your mind with inputs pleasing to God.  When you do, a light will exude from you so bright that others will want to know what it is.  At that point you can tell others God is the source of all that pours out of the machine called “You”!