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CREATION; IT IS<br />

FOUND IN<br />

REDEMPTION!<br />

All of cr<strong>eat</strong>ion is groaning <strong>and</strong> subject <strong>to</strong> d<strong>eat</strong>h<br />

<strong>and</strong> decay (Rom. 8:21–22 NLT). The Bible even tells<br />

us, “For it is good that the heart be established <strong>by</strong><br />

grace, not with foods which have not profited those<br />

who have been occupied with them” (Heb. 13:9).<br />

The only sure thing we should establish our hearts<br />

on is grace, <strong>and</strong> grace is the very person of our Lord<br />

Jesus. The only guarantee is the finished work of our<br />

Lord Jesus Christ.<br />

PUT YOUR TRUST IN<br />

REDEMPTION, NOT CREATION<br />

As long as we are depending on our <strong>eat</strong>ing <strong>and</strong><br />

exercising <strong>to</strong> keep us <strong>health</strong>y instead of trusting in<br />

the Lord, our dependence is still on cr<strong>eat</strong>ion (natural<br />

means) <strong>and</strong> not on redemption (His supernatural<br />

work). Even as we <strong>eat</strong> <strong>health</strong>ily <strong>and</strong> exercise<br />

regularly, if we want <strong>to</strong> walk in supernatural <strong>health</strong>,

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