January 11, 2014
Zee48
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1 Samuel 4:13-18
13 Eli was worried about the Holy Box, so he was sitting there by the city gate waiting and watching when the Benjamite man came into Shiloh and told the bad news. All the people in town began to cry loudly.
14-15 Eli was 98 years old. He was blind, so he could not see what was happening, but he could hear the loud noise of the people crying. Eli asked, “Why are the people making this loud noise?”
The Benjamite man ran to Eli and told him what happened. 16 He said, “I am the man who just came from the battle. I ran away from the battle today.”
Eli asked, “What happened, son?”
17 The Benjamite man answered, “Israel ran away from the Philistines. The Israelite army has lost many soldiers. Your two sons are both dead, and the Philistines took God’s Holy Box.”
18 When the Benjamite man mentioned God’s Holy Box, Eli fell backward off his chair near the gate and broke his neck. Eli was old and fat**, so he died. He had led Israel for 20 years.[c]
Sure, we hate that our society tells us the “ideal” woman is 5’9’’ and weighs 110 pounds. We aren’t all meant to look like supermodels! Plus, we know that God loves us just the way we are. Of course that’s true … but hold on a second. Eli’s life illustrates the fact that how we treat our bodies has serious consequences.
So instead of thinking skinny—let’s think healthy. Doesn’t God want us to care for the bodies he gave us?
Ask yourself what a healthy lifestyle looks like for you.
**some versions say he was heavy or very heavy.
13 Eli was worried about the Holy Box, so he was sitting there by the city gate waiting and watching when the Benjamite man came into Shiloh and told the bad news. All the people in town began to cry loudly.
14-15 Eli was 98 years old. He was blind, so he could not see what was happening, but he could hear the loud noise of the people crying. Eli asked, “Why are the people making this loud noise?”
The Benjamite man ran to Eli and told him what happened. 16 He said, “I am the man who just came from the battle. I ran away from the battle today.”
Eli asked, “What happened, son?”
17 The Benjamite man answered, “Israel ran away from the Philistines. The Israelite army has lost many soldiers. Your two sons are both dead, and the Philistines took God’s Holy Box.”
18 When the Benjamite man mentioned God’s Holy Box, Eli fell backward off his chair near the gate and broke his neck. Eli was old and fat**, so he died. He had led Israel for 20 years.[c]
Sure, we hate that our society tells us the “ideal” woman is 5’9’’ and weighs 110 pounds. We aren’t all meant to look like supermodels! Plus, we know that God loves us just the way we are. Of course that’s true … but hold on a second. Eli’s life illustrates the fact that how we treat our bodies has serious consequences.
So instead of thinking skinny—let’s think healthy. Doesn’t God want us to care for the bodies he gave us?
Ask yourself what a healthy lifestyle looks like for you.
**some versions say he was heavy or very heavy.
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