Part 1: 'Starting your journey to health and wellness'

Following my previous blog 'the FAT lie' where I share a little bit of my own journey toward health and wellness, I would love to have the privilege to facilitate your first step toward your own health and wellness journey too, both spiritually and physically!

If you feel stuck, this is for you! Are you ready to break free from all the heartache and disease (dis-ease) that may be defining your thinking and choices at this moment? Are you ready to start your journey toward health and wellness?

YES YES YES! Let's go!

I heard a preacher say once: 'God will set you free from your enemies, not your friends!" Author unknown

That is profound!

Let me explain: You may hate the pain or discomfort that you experience daily with digestive issues, but you may love the attention that it get's you. Does that mean the disease (dis-ease) is your friend or your enemy? Emotional trauma and stuck emotions (anger issues or even anti-social behavior) could be the outcome of past hurt, disappointment or rejection that brewed into unforgiveness and bitterness etc, and you may have decided that that is your 'normal'. Well, the problem is that we sometimes hold on to the very thing that hurts us, the very thing that we need setting free from. This is profound, as sometimes it may be a subconscious reaction or holding on to the familiar (yes, we can find comfort in the familiar even if it is toxic to us). So now I will ask again: Identify the disease, addiction, discomfort or sin in your life that is crippling your life and tell me: Do you love it? Or do you hate it? Are you ready to let it go and let God heal you?

If you said yes, I am privileged to take your hand (figuratively speaking) and bring you with on this journey to health and wellness!

Welcome to step 1: Surrender!

Meaning (according to oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com): Surrender (Verb): to admit that you have been defeated and want to stop fighting; to allow yourself to be caught, taken prisoner, etc

When you choose to surrender your inhibitions to God, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, you pledge yourself wholly into His care, giving Him your trust completely. Surrendering is the act of willingly and fully entrusting God to direct your life. With this I am reminded of Proverbs 3, especially verse 5-7 when it says:

⁵ Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

⁶ In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.

⁷ Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

⁸ It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

(biblegateway.com)

Now sigh the big sigh of relief, shake it off, no more fighting, no more stressing about what you don't have the power to change, no more despair and no more hopelessness! Breathe it out for one last time!

Now breath in Peace, tranquility, rest, Hope and life eternal in Jesus Christ! Praise God!

God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to earth, so that we can be set free from the curse of death, sin, disease and pain! He is our Provider, Healer, Confidant, Friend to name just a few of His characteristics, so whatever it is that you may have battled in the past, He is your answer and He is ready to commune with you. All you need to do is cry out to Him, call on Him and draw closer to Him daily.

The key to surrender is trust: Letting go of the past, the present and the future and giving the control of your whole life to Christ, trusting Him to direct your every step.

So now I want to challenge you to some homework until we meet again with the next blog:

• Identify and write down the disease, discomfort, sin, addictions or anything else that might be holding you back from both physical and spiritual health and wellness at this moment in time.

• Make a tick after any of those things on your list that you may battle to let go of.

  Ask yourself: are these things really worth sacrificing my physical and spiritual health and wellness for?

  Make a cross over the tick once you can honestly answer yourself and say that you are ready to let those things go and truly surrender it all to God.

• Now pray:

  Father God in Heaven,

  Hallowed be Your name,

  Your Kingdom come and Your will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven.

  Give me today my daily bread,

  and forgive me my debt as I have forgiven others' of their debt.

  Lead me not into temptation, but deliver me from evil.

  For thine is the Kingdom, and the power and the glory forever,

  Amen.

By now you should feel lighter, less stressed and much joy for there is no greater relief than surrendering to God who made us, and gave His Son, the perfect sacrifice, so that we can have life eternal!

Congratulation for making the choice to start your journey of health and wellness, both spiritually and physically.

I look forward to meeting you here again soon for Step 2: Please remember to subscribe at the bottom of this page to receive the notification of the next blog's release.

Also please feel free to contact me if you would like to have a personal session regarding step 1. I am more than happy to pray with you and ask the Lord for His guidance regarding your situation and needs.

Until we meet again, blessings in Yeshua Hamashiach,

Jean-Thereze Steenkamp S.T.H.

Step 1: Surrender

NOTE: This is not medical or counselling advice and it is not intended to replace professional advice. It is my personal view and opinion and you are free to choose for your self. I am not telling you to or not to do anything.