You were created for a purpose!

[Brian Shilhavy]

O LORD, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down
and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out
my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even
before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know it
altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon
me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot
attain it.

Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your
presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in
Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in
the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me. If I say, "Surely the darkness
shall cover me, and the light about me be night," even the darkness is
not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as
light with you.

For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's
womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful
are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden
from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the
depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book
were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them. How precious to me are your
thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! - King David in Psalm
139

Created4Health.org is committed to communicating the truth that we are
created by God, in His image, and that His intention for our lives is
to live in health. What a wonderful truth that God has personally
created me for a purpose, and is interested in every single day of my
life! The above quote by Kind David is one of the most eloquent
statements of that truth.

So what is "health?" It is a common word in the English language, but
its exact meaning can be a bit difficult to pin down. Ask 10 different
people on the street what they think "health" means, and you will
probably get 10 different answers. Often we can define a word by
stating its opposite. The opposite of health would be "sick" or
"sickness." This word is probably more easily defined, and most would
define it in terms of diseases and physical maladies.

But is health simply the absence of physical sickness? The history of
man as unfolded in the pages of the Bible, the best selling book of
all time, sees health and sickness as primarily spiritual issues - as
opposed to primarily physical health, as our modern culture does.
Health in Biblical culture is measured by man's relationship to his
Creator. You very seldom see people in Biblical times going to doctors
to purchase "health", and in the few instances where they do, the
result is often disastrous. (See 2 Chronicles 16:12-13 and Mark
5:25-26 for examples.) Instead, you see people who had a relationship
with God and believed in Him as their Creator turn to spiritual
leaders for guidance in health. In the Old Testament times you would
go to the priests if you were sick, and in the New Testament we have
story after story of people seeking out Jesus and His disciples in
their sickness and being healed: "Jesus....healed them all." (Matthew
12:15).

Have times really changed today? Has science and technology along with
the modern-day medical system replaced our need to know God and seek
Him out to achieve health? Few would agree today that our current
medical system solves all our health needs. Many may turn to God when
all else fails, in desperation, especially when the medical system has
no answers for us and we don't know where else to look.

Well I am here to proclaim that God is just as interested in giving
you true health today as He has been at any other point in history. In
fact, His power to help us reach our true purpose in life is more
available today than it ever has been! You don't need to wait until
you are in a desperate crisis to cry out to God. You can start your
journey to healthy living right now! Join me as we explore the
wonderful truths of God's incredible love for us, and His desire to
see us obtain a healthy life.

Brian Shilhavy