How a Christ-Centered Health Approach Changes the Way You Train, Eat, and Rest

In my previous blog, we talked about three ways exercise can improve your spiritual health—how training can build discipline, prepare us to serve others, and ultimately glorify Christ rather than ourselves.

This week, I want to move from why to how.

Because a biblical view of health isn’t abstract. It doesn’t live only in good intentions or Sunday-morning convictions. It shows up in how you train, how you eat, and how you rest—on regular, ordinary days.

When Christ is at the center, health stops being about extremes and starts being about faithfulness.

Training: Faithful Consistency Over Extremes

A Christ-centered approach to training values consistency more than intensity.

The world tells you that progress only counts if it’s painful, dramatic, or Instagram-worthy. Scripture tells a different story—one of steady obedience over time.

“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.” – Colossians 3:23

Training “unto the Lord” doesn’t mean crushing yourself every session. It means showing up when motivation is low. It means choosing effort over excuses. It means respecting your body instead of punishing it.

Godly discipline isn’t fueled by self-hatred. It’s fueled by stewardship.

This kind of training produces patience. It teaches you to trust process over emotion. And it mirrors the Christian walk—daily obedience that rarely feels flashy but produces lasting fruit.

Progress over perfection isn’t a slogan. It’s a biblical principle.

Nutrition: Fuel, Not Control

Food is one of the quickest places health becomes distorted.

We either treat food as a comfort, a reward, or an enemy. Rarely do we treat it as what it actually is: fuel God provides so we can live and serve well.

“So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” – 1 Corinthians 10:31

Eating to the glory of God doesn’t mean rigid rules or moralizing food choices. It means wisdom. It means moderation. It means awareness without obsession.

A Christ-centered approach to nutrition asks different questions:

• Will this nourish me?

• Will this help me show up better today?

• Am I eating from gratitude or from emotion?
  

Scripture consistently warns us against excess, not enjoyment.

“Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat.” – Proverbs 23:20

The goal isn’t restriction—it’s self-control. And self-control produces freedom, not anxiety.

When food is placed in its proper role, it no longer rules your mood, your identity, or your self-worth.

Rest: Trusting God Enough to Stop Striving

This may be the most overlooked part of health—and the most spiritual.

Many people train hard and eat “right,” but they refuse to rest. Rest feels unproductive. It feels like falling behind. And beneath that is often a deeper issue: a lack of trust.

“It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest… for He gives to His beloved sleep.” – Psalm 127:2

Rest is an act of faith. It says, God, the world keeps moving even when I stop.

A Christ-centered view of health recognizes that burnout is not a badge of honor. Constant striving doesn’t glorify God—it often reveals that we’re relying on ourselves instead of Him.

This includes:

• sleep

• rest days

• saying no when your body needs it

• letting go of guilt around recovery
  

Even God rested. Not because He was tired, but because rest was part of His design.

Ignoring rest doesn’t make you disciplined—it makes you disobedient to wisdom.

Health That Serves a Higher Purpose

When training, nutrition, and rest are aligned under Christ, health stops being self-centered.

You’re not training to impress. You’re not eating to control. You’re not resting to escape responsibility.

You’re caring for your body so you can live faithfully, serve consistently, and endure well.

“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit…? You are not your own.” – 1 Corinthians 6:19–20

This is where real freedom comes from—not from chasing perfection, but from clear purpose.

This is the heart behind the 619 Method. Not another program built on pressure, but a framework rooted in stewardship, discipline, and grace.

Health was never meant to replace your faith. It was meant to support it.

If you’re ready to pursue health without obsession, discipline without extremes, and progress without perfection, enrollment opens in two weeks. Keep your eyes peeled.

More to come next week.