How can we be fit
for God?
Exercise?
Healthy food?
That’s part of it.
But our bodies
are more than that.
They are temples,
sanctuaries where the Spirit
has taken up residence.
They’re not our own—
they’re made to honour God.
Leviticus—
pages of blood and fire,
priests anointed
like lanterns for the people.
Then, chapter eleven:
camel, rabbit, pig—off the menu.
Clawed birds and scale-less fish—
off the table.
Why?
Not because they’re dirty.
Not because they’re diseased.
But because
God said so.
Like trusting the label
on a prescription bottle
written in a language
you do not understand.
You take the dose anyway
because you trust
the one who wrote it.
Would Israel?
Would they trust him
in the wilderness?
With limited choices?
Would they live by faith
not by familiarity?
Even in what they ate?
This isn’t about sin.
This is about
fitting into
God’s presence.
Ceremonial purity—
a signpost
not a destination.
A constant reminder:
you belong
to Someone
who sets you apart.
The rules made them different.
They couldn’t eat
what others ate.
They couldn’t join
in their feasts.
They were set apart.
For God.
But they had a Host.
A holy Host.
Who invited them to dine.
First act:
“Eat from any tree but one.”
Last act:
“Take, eat, this is my body.”
And still to come:
a wedding banquet
with singing
and no need for
dietary restrictions.
In between—
pots shattered
hands washed
sunsets waited for
quarantine obeyed
not because bacteria were known
but because holiness was.
But no amount of washing
can make us clean enough.
That’s why Jesus came.
To do what we couldn’t.
To make us clean,
once and for all.
Now we live by his Spirit.
Guided. Changed.
Still called
to be holy.
So—
What fills your thoughts?
What do you dwell on?
What do you take in?
You are his.
Chosen.
Set apart.
Not because you’re better.
But because
he loved you.
And called you.
And invited you
to the feast.
Original message by Sean Tan, The Bridge Church Macquarie Park NSW
25 May 2025
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