Life can change in an instant! One day you feel completely healthy and alive and in a moment your health begins to deteriorate. On the flip side, you may be ill and, in an instant, you are healed. Each of these scenarios invokes the need of a Healer, the Great Physician. God desires that we experience TOTAL health – mind, body and spirit.

Sometimes we just focus on physical health because we want to feel well, to be well. We may see being healthy as just being free from physical pain or ailments. We make efforts to eat well, exercise regularly, drink enough water, get enough sleep, abstain from harmful drugs etc. These are good to do. However, being healthy is more than that.

What is the condition of your mind? Is it filled with godly thoughts? Is it focused on doing good and pleasing God? Are you able to handle life’s stressors? Are you properly processing your emotions? Do you have a positive outlook on life? How are you treating those who can’t seem to do much for you? Do you have meaningful relationships? Do you have a support system to help you when the storms of life envelop you? Are you helping to bear one another’s burdens as supported by Galatians 6:2? Are you encouraging one another and building one another up as is purported in 1 Thessalonians 5:11? Is your mind focused on bringing honor and praises to God?

What is the condition of your soul? Are you feeding and nourishing it with the Word of God? Are you spending quality time with the One who created you? Are you daily praying and praising God? Are you telling others about the One who saved you? Have you told them about your soon coming Saviour?

God took His time to properly craft us. We are the crowning jewel of creation. I am always so amazed at the way the body functions. It’s no wonder David exclaims in Psalm 139:14 (NIV), “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” 

In Health Ministries, our major objective is to introduce persons to the Great Physician who alone can provide TOTAL health. Without having TOTAL health, we cannot function well to fulfill our God given purpose, take care of ourselves and others, do the things we love and honour God with our bodies. From the beginning God gave man specific instructions on how to take care of his body temple – mind, body and spirit. Although earthly conditions have changed since then, these principles remain the same.

So, are you embracing these health principles or are you putting up a resistance? We claim to be God’s remnant people. But are we living up to His TOTAL Health principles and encouraging others to do so? Remember that your body is the temple of the Lord. It is His desire that we prosper and be in health even as our soul prospers.

What an opportunity we have to share Christ, to introduce to others Someone who can provide TOTAL healing for us - mind, body and spirit. Will you surrender yourself afresh to God today and recommit to taking care of your body – mind, body and spirit?

This Sabbath, June 06, 2026, join us across the Interamerican Division as we celebrate 163 years of proclaiming the Health Message. This mission involves a total restoration that goes beyond the physical and prepares us for the encounter with Jesus. Share and promote TOTAL health as we seek to prepare souls for eternity.