(I caught a cold and my body was aching to the point I was terribly sick. I could not pray deeply and there was nothing I could do but keep telling the Holy Son, ’Holy Son, I am so sick.’ I went to the doctor a few times but he only told me to eat well and rest without giving me any special treatment. I was in pain for a whole week. I could not pray nor do any work, I could only lie down. This was the first time I’ve been so sick. I so desperately wanted to pray satisfyingly. Then on the predawn of this day, I was not as sick as I was during the previous days. I said to the Holy Son, ‘Holy Son, my body has not fully recovered. I can’t say when I will feel sick again but now I am feeling better than I did before. So I can pray and this is good.’ At this, the Holy Son replied, ‘You became sick because you overworked and exhausted your strength. Once your strength is completely exhausted, restoring your strength is difficult. So you must take good care of your health.’)
* The Word of the Holy Son * People must not overwork. Doing a lot of work is overwork. Also, if you are not fully capable health-wise, doing more than your health allows is overwork. You must make yourselves healthy. Then upon that foundation, your faith will soar high and your level will rise. You cannot run with only your heart wanting it.
Every Olympic athlete wants to win the gold medal. But their athletic record flows on from how much they’ve equipped themselves. In the same way, the record set by your body and spirit and their abilities are determined by how much you have made yourselves.
The body will wear out because it belongs to the material world. The more you use it, the more its systems will wear out. If you do not take care of your body as something valuable, you would not be able to use it, as much as you do not take care of it. It will cease to function. If your body becomes seriously impaired, there is nothing else you can replace it with because it is the physical body which God has given to you. When you are healthy and have the body, you must take proper care of it, and so you will use your body valuably for a long time.
If you lose your health once, you can easily lose it again- twice and then three times. You will be unable to run as your heart desires. When you are healthy, you must seize the state of your health, take care of it and think that it is your life. There are people whose faith is lost when their health is lost. Since they do not live a life of faith, their thoughts turn and they come to resent the Lord and criticize God. They speak backhandedly about how they came to be that way. It was not I who made them sick, but it was they who caused themselves to be in that state.
At times, I, the Holy Son, cause people to stop going down the path of death by striking them with disease so that they will turn back to the path of life. But these are very rare cases. Most people do not value themselves and cause their health to deteriorate. Do not be self-assured about your health. Rather continually take care of it. If you lose your health once, you will lose it many times later. Therefore, in the same way that you polish and develop your faith, you must also polish and develop your health. You must also know clearly that your life of faith is lived on the foundation of your body.
Without the body, you live only in spirit. I spoke to you many times about managing your body while you have it because making your spirit is 1000 times and 10,000 times easier to do in the flesh. But most people do not take good care of their body, that is, the foundation for their spirit.
You must exercise. You must exercise and drink a lot of water. You must not stay sitting still because that will cause your muscles to contract and you will be stricken with disease. So keep moving and make your body function at its best. Keep checking to see that you do not have bad habits. If you take on bad habits, you must fix them because those habits will damage your body and spirit.
Even if you seem to be healthy in body now, bad habits which last for a year, 3 years or 5 years will cause your body to change. Try to have good habits and do not go beyond what you are capable of. You will run upon the foundation of having made yourself.
You can run only when you have made yourself. Your body can go no further because you are running without having made yourself. People who are sick must not be impatient to recover. They must keep praying and gradually recover. Do not overwork yourselves, but rather check your health and strength continually. Do not feel sad and do not think, ‘How did I end up like this?’ Keep turning the direction of your thoughts to think positively.
When your body is weak, your heart also weakens and it is easy for you to fall into satan’s thoughts. I, the Holy Son, am protecting you. So try to be healthy and put down your worries and concerns.
The body which the Holy Trinity have given you is a blessing and a gift. You need to know it is valuable. Train yourselves while taking action and train yourselves while exercising. Make your body and your spirit as you continually move. If there are things you wish for in your heart, you must make your body the foothold upon which those wishes can come true. I earnestly hope that you will become such people.
I bless you to be people who will fulfill My wishes, while having abundant strength and power. I love you. I am the Holy Son. Shalom.