Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. - Ephesians 5:25-27
No, I am not turning this into a marriage blog and neither am I advocating you to flush your spouse down the drain! I used this passage of scripture in Ephesians to narrow in the verse that says, ' That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word' to bring out a natural understanding of the importance of WATER. In the first chapter of Romans, it says the invisible things of God are clearly understood by the things which are made. Jesus also talked in parables, using natural 'object lessons' to bring about understanding of spiritual principles. When used properly, these natural objects help to reveal hidden spiritual principles and can be used to unlock the mysteries of the scriptures. In Hebrews we read how Paul says the Old Testament is a shadow. A shadow is not the true image of something, but a vague copy of something. The Old Testament is the shadow of things to come and every natural thing in the Old Testament points to the New Testament. Let me give it to you in a nutshell. The Old Testament is the New Testament concealed and the New Testament is the Old Testament revealed!
The Word of God is our 'water'! It is our cleanser and detoxifier! Anointed preaching is like taking a shower after three days of wallowing in a mud hole. When we step under the cleansing spray of a purging shower head, it brings instant relief to our bodies. There is nothing like a cleansing shower to the body, and there is nothing like a message preached that washes the soul! No wonder the Lord said, "Give us our daily bread." A day without the word allows the soul to collect dust, grime, filth, and dirt, but when we read it on a daily basis and allow the preacher to preach to our souls, the spigot of blessings pours out a renewed vigor of hope upon our lives. In the thirteen chapter of John, the Lord begins to wash the disciples feet..."Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head." We need to have the same attitude Peter had...don't just wash with here and there...let the Word of God wash me completely clean of my dirt and filth!
Now I said all of that to say this...if we look at the natural uses of water, we can literally tap into some great understanding concerning 'the game'...both naturally and spiritually. We know that our bodies are made up of over 70 percent of water. Our brains are made up of over 80 percent of water. We can live a whole lot longer without food than we can without water. We can make it many days without food, but without water, it has been said, we may make it ten or eleven days and then we will die. It is a true saying, without water there would be no life!
Water is a vital component for removing toxins from the human body. The body has four major ways of removing toxins which are: Urination, Bowels, Perspiration, and Processing of toxins by the liver. The first three of these four methods directly excrete water from the body. When we become dehydrated, our body will try to save water by minimizing the use of the first three functions and will force our liver to assume as much of the extra workload as possible. This extra work will place a heavy burden on the liver which still has other functions in addition to detoxification. Even then, the liver by itself will not be able to do all that work very efficiently and toxins will build up rapidly.
On average we lose ten cups of water a day through just our daily living routines. This means whatever we lose we must somehow replace. I am always amazed at how many people either don't drink water or refuse to drink water at all. Many people believe they rehydrate their bodies by drinking coffee and soda pop. This is not only untrue but these kinds of drinks cause us to dehydrate even more! If the truth be known, many 'sicknesses' are misdiagnosed Because people are simply lacking water. Dehydration causes the blood to turn thick and the heart must pump extra hard to move this fluid through the veins. Hence the high blood pressure and other similar maladies. The scripture says in Leviticus 17:14 For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. Dehydrated blood can't be good for the life of the body! Fatigue, lack of mental focus, lethargy, headaches, etc, are all symptoms of dehydration.
So what does this have to do with 'the game'? If you are truly desiring to lose weight, and not just lose weight, but make an impacting change in your life, then a simple thing as drinking good clean (non-tap) water is a great place to start. As the Word is a cleanser of the soul, so water is the cleanser of the body! In order to truly flush your body clean of its wastes and refuse, you must provide your body with more water! When you do this your body will sing a new song...similar to the old Roto-Rooter jingle I heard as a boy. "Roto-rooter! That's the name. Just flush your troubles down the drain!" Today you need to drink your water/Word and let it be the roto-rooter in your life!
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