Jesus is Better

It's the day after Christmas and all of our energy is shifting to the new year. All the new year, new you thoughts start creeping into our heads. How can we become the BEST version of ourselves in the upcoming year? How much weight should we set to lose in the upcoming year? How many books will we read? How much quiet time a day should we check off? How many workouts will we get in? How many veggies should we eat every day?

Absolutely none of those things are bad in themselves. We should all strive to honor God by caring for our whole body.

BUT...

What if we invited Jesus into those goals?

What if we considered that ultimately Jesus has our best plans already laid out?

What if, and this is big, we just sought to get closer to God, trusting that if we were close to him none of the other stuff would matter?

Hear me out. I'm not saying your shouldn't or can't lose weight, eat lots of veggies, workout, etc. I'm saying if we get our priorities in order a lot of those things will happen much more organically. If we seek Christ to help us, to come alongside us on our wellness journey, he will do the heavy lifting (pun intended).

I'm not even saying that you can't set goals and do the work to accomplish them. It's so healthy to do that.

I'm saying, Jesus is better. Put your relationship with him first on your list of goals. Make him your priority. He sees so much more of the picture than we could ever imagine, he may have things planned for you that you could never dream of. Don't limit yourself by trying to do it all on your own.

"And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ". Philippians 1:6