WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.159 --> 00:00:04.679 Welcome to Spark Faith with me, doctor Chris Sargent. This 2 00:00:04.799 --> 00:00:08.800 show is about renewed health, rooted in truth and restored 3 00:00:08.880 --> 00:00:12.480 by grace. What does finding health look like for you? 4 00:00:13.199 --> 00:00:15.560 Do you have a vision for your future self and 5 00:00:15.800 --> 00:00:19.239 a way to get there. I'm doctor Chris and after 6 00:00:19.399 --> 00:00:23.160 thirty three years in functional medicine and a lifelong journey 7 00:00:23.199 --> 00:00:27.800 through brain health, weight loss, hormones, mindset, and faith, I 8 00:00:27.960 --> 00:00:33.039 know that real transformation doesn't come from willpower or white 9 00:00:33.079 --> 00:00:39.240 knuckling your way to wellness. It comes from gratitude, honoring 10 00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:43.079 your body as the temple that God created. This show 11 00:00:43.159 --> 00:00:48.399 is about body stewardships, not shame. It's about rewiring your mindset, 12 00:00:48.719 --> 00:00:53.719 your metabolism, and your spirit to find lasting health without 13 00:00:53.920 --> 00:00:57.439 the grind. I'll help you cut through the noise, see 14 00:00:57.520 --> 00:01:03.920 opportunities instead of obstacles, and finally live the healthy, purposeful 15 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:09.719 life you were created for. Let's spark faith and transformation together. 16 00:01:10.359 --> 00:01:17.879 Spark Faith starts now. Hey, Hey y'all, I am doctor 17 00:01:17.959 --> 00:01:21.599 Chris Sargent and welcome back to the Spark Faith Show. 18 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:26.959 We are wrapping up the last four episodes into one big, 19 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:32.920 very fun, very cool episode with probably four or five 20 00:01:33.239 --> 00:01:37.560 really good segments about the things that we've talked about. 21 00:01:37.599 --> 00:01:43.040 And then this idea of health is a direction and 22 00:01:43.120 --> 00:01:50.519 not a destination, right, It's like it's not this place like, yes, 23 00:01:50.879 --> 00:01:55.159 I'm healthy, So what does that mean? And you know 24 00:01:55.239 --> 00:01:57.640 what it may have meant to you in the past 25 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:00.560 is that yes, I hit that goal on this I 26 00:02:00.599 --> 00:02:03.159 am that number, and I am going out to my 27 00:02:03.319 --> 00:02:06.719 favorite place to celebrate, right, and then what happens to 28 00:02:06.760 --> 00:02:11.639 your habits? So like this is this is a bigger 29 00:02:11.800 --> 00:02:15.719 idea and I'm going to tap into, as we have 30 00:02:15.800 --> 00:02:19.719 been in the last few weeks, tapping into some higher 31 00:02:20.159 --> 00:02:24.599 amounts of awareness around your health. I want to make 32 00:02:24.639 --> 00:02:28.199 sure that you understand that you have an awful lot 33 00:02:28.199 --> 00:02:34.479 of choices out there, and you know that makes that 34 00:02:34.560 --> 00:02:38.560 makes figuring out what you need to do next pretty difficult. 35 00:02:39.319 --> 00:02:42.680 So what I'm coming with you, coming to you with 36 00:02:42.840 --> 00:02:45.240 this week and the last three or four weeks is 37 00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:52.240 really about core ideas around health. And really it's just 38 00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:58.319 health is like this life along direction right of becoming 39 00:02:58.360 --> 00:03:01.520 the person that God created us to be through faithful 40 00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:06.199 stewardship of our body, one choice at a time. And 41 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:10.199 that means, you know, stewardship, that idea of really being 42 00:03:10.240 --> 00:03:14.560 good and faithful with the resources that God gave us, 43 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:20.719 including our body. So anyway, let's get started. And I 44 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:23.719 could ramble, you know, I can just ramble, but I won't. 45 00:03:24.560 --> 00:03:27.960 I actually try to plan these things. So so it 46 00:03:28.039 --> 00:03:31.199 is health really a destination? And you know, lots of 47 00:03:31.240 --> 00:03:34.840 times people ask me like, hey, doctor Chris, I healthy 48 00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:38.560 And although you know, maybe I'm sitting there looking at 49 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:42.680 their labs, like how am I doing? And that's a 50 00:03:42.680 --> 00:03:44.560 good question because you need to know where you're at 51 00:03:44.639 --> 00:03:47.800 right now, this set of data points, these labs, the 52 00:03:47.840 --> 00:03:50.599 things the lab, the labs that functional medicine doctors do. 53 00:03:50.680 --> 00:03:53.039 We look at trending like where were you? Where are 54 00:03:53.120 --> 00:03:57.039 you now? Where's that headed? Which is a completely different 55 00:03:57.080 --> 00:04:01.840 way to really understand hew, But that's it, right, This 56 00:04:01.879 --> 00:04:05.759 is on a time continuum. So am I healthy? Is 57 00:04:05.800 --> 00:04:10.639 a good question. And over the last year I've also 58 00:04:10.759 --> 00:04:14.599 started to wonder if it's the wrong question really, because 59 00:04:14.919 --> 00:04:18.000 most of us have really thought about health as a 60 00:04:18.040 --> 00:04:23.600 destination or diagnosis, and it may or may not really 61 00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:28.600 be that right. So, you know, kind of the mindset 62 00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:31.920 of okay, someday, when I lose weight, or I'll lose weight. 63 00:04:32.040 --> 00:04:35.439 Someday I'll get my hormones balance, Someday I'll fix my 64 00:04:35.480 --> 00:04:39.680 blood sugar. Someday I'll have more energy, Someday I'll sleep better, 65 00:04:39.720 --> 00:04:43.360 and then I'll finally be healthy. Right, Someday I'll get 66 00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:46.319 to the gym three times a week, and that's going 67 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:48.399 to make me healthy. And there's the goal, that's the 68 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:54.759 you know, the destination. But what if? And you know what, 69 00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:57.040 I did this for a long time too, So y'all 70 00:04:57.079 --> 00:04:59.160 know some of my story and it's in a lot 71 00:04:59.160 --> 00:05:04.319 of our myes. But I've known that health is a destination, 72 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:09.120 and yet I was still chasing the number. Right. I 73 00:05:09.279 --> 00:05:17.040 knew that health is the direction of trajectory, right, and 74 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:19.600 yet I was still looking at I was waiting for 75 00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:24.000 that moment, that one day that my body fat percentage 76 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:26.319 would be what I wanted it to be, or the 77 00:05:26.360 --> 00:05:29.000 scale would say what I wanted to say, or my 78 00:05:29.079 --> 00:05:32.120 curves would look a certain way in address or whatever. 79 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:39.279 But honestly, what if that has been wrong? Right? Like, 80 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:44.800 that's still not there's still no destination. Really, Yes, you 81 00:05:44.959 --> 00:05:47.439 have to have goals. I will not take that out 82 00:05:47.600 --> 00:05:51.399 because I have goals right now, right, and the goal 83 00:05:51.639 --> 00:05:54.360 is what can my sixty two year old little body 84 00:05:54.439 --> 00:06:01.639 do versus where what's the end game? Right? What can 85 00:06:01.680 --> 00:06:04.879 my sixty two year old body? How well can my 86 00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:07.480 sixty two year old body build muscle? How well can 87 00:06:07.519 --> 00:06:10.639 my sixty two year old body lose fat? How well? 88 00:06:11.040 --> 00:06:13.439 Instead of it being like, oh, I need to be 89 00:06:14.399 --> 00:06:17.160 x number of pounds on the scale or my body 90 00:06:17.160 --> 00:06:19.639 fat percentage needs to be x percent, I'm looking for 91 00:06:19.680 --> 00:06:22.519 that one number, it's like, Wow, how well can I 92 00:06:22.600 --> 00:06:27.079 do with this? Instead? So what if health isn't really 93 00:06:28.120 --> 00:06:31.360 a destination? What if it's really just about the direction 94 00:06:31.480 --> 00:06:35.680 and the trajectory that you're taking it? So what trajectory 95 00:06:35.720 --> 00:06:39.199 are you on right now? Are you? You know? This 96 00:06:39.240 --> 00:06:42.720 is again I have said this through almost every single episode. 97 00:06:42.759 --> 00:06:45.720 This is not to guilt or to shame anybody for 98 00:06:45.800 --> 00:06:48.480 your choices, because we're all in wherever we are right 99 00:06:48.480 --> 00:06:50.839 and that's where I want to meet you. And maybe 100 00:06:50.879 --> 00:06:53.079 shame and guilt is a big part of your story 101 00:06:54.240 --> 00:06:56.240 and I want to take that off the table today. 102 00:06:56.279 --> 00:06:58.199 You do not need to live in that, and Jesus 103 00:06:58.240 --> 00:07:02.360 doesn't want you to live in that, So let's take 104 00:07:02.480 --> 00:07:04.680 that piece off. Well, I could be if I had 105 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:08.120 only blah blah blah. Well, okay, let's not go there. 106 00:07:08.600 --> 00:07:11.399 Let's take it from right now, Like, if you were 107 00:07:11.839 --> 00:07:15.360 to start making decisions right now, what trajectory could you 108 00:07:15.399 --> 00:07:19.759 take your health on versus the trajectory that it might 109 00:07:19.759 --> 00:07:24.959 have been on yesterday? Right? What does living a healthy 110 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:30.040 life actually look like? Does it look like constant restriction? 111 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:33.160 Does it look like always pushing harder and trying to 112 00:07:33.160 --> 00:07:36.680 do more cardio at the gym or trying to get 113 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:39.319 that extra mile And you know, yes, if you're training 114 00:07:39.319 --> 00:07:43.519 for a half marathon, go go, go go. However, what 115 00:07:43.600 --> 00:07:46.279 else is coming along with that? And what's the what 116 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:49.519 are the back end reasons for doing that? Does it 117 00:07:49.519 --> 00:07:53.639 always mean like being perfect on what you eat, never 118 00:07:53.759 --> 00:07:58.839 missing that workout, tracking every bite forever? You know? Someone 119 00:07:59.079 --> 00:08:01.879 one of my actually one of clients, because y'all teach 120 00:08:01.959 --> 00:08:06.720 me so much, actually caught me completely off guard the 121 00:08:06.800 --> 00:08:10.079 other day and she asked like, Hey, I know you 122 00:08:10.120 --> 00:08:11.959 track your food on my Fitness Pal? Are you going 123 00:08:12.040 --> 00:08:14.879 to do that for the rest of your life? And 124 00:08:14.959 --> 00:08:17.279 I kind of laughed and I was like, you know, 125 00:08:17.920 --> 00:08:24.319 I don't really know. It wasn't a silly question at all. Honestly, 126 00:08:24.399 --> 00:08:28.079 I just never thought about it because what I realized 127 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:30.480 then this was a couple of weeks ago or a 128 00:08:30.519 --> 00:08:33.759 week ago or so I realized over this time, like, 129 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:37.440 I'm going to track my food for exactly as long 130 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:42.000 as it continues to serve me to track it, right, 131 00:08:42.080 --> 00:08:46.320 it's serving me. I'm not serving it. It's serving me 132 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:51.720 to make me know that I am headed in this 133 00:08:51.840 --> 00:08:55.720 particular direction, which is a certain number of calories every 134 00:08:55.799 --> 00:08:59.840 day with a certain percentage of protein, fat, and carbs, 135 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:08.000 and that's going to keep my direction and health instead 136 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:11.600 of becoming this destination. It's just it keeps me in 137 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:16.759 the right direction, right, It holds my course, and that 138 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:22.759 accountability tracking holds our course. It's an accountability factor for myself. 139 00:09:23.440 --> 00:09:26.559 And it's not because I have to, right, I can 140 00:09:26.600 --> 00:09:28.960 pretty much throw four ounces of meat on a plate, 141 00:09:29.720 --> 00:09:33.159 and yet a lot of days I still weigh to 142 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:37.279 make sure that that's four ounces and I track four ounces, 143 00:09:37.320 --> 00:09:39.759 and not because I'm afraid to stop, right, because I 144 00:09:39.840 --> 00:09:41.759 just told you I can probably do this. I've been 145 00:09:41.799 --> 00:09:43.480 doing this for a really long time. I know what 146 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:45.759 four ounces looks like. I know what a cup of 147 00:09:45.799 --> 00:09:47.879 potatoes looks like. I know what a cup of rice 148 00:09:47.879 --> 00:09:50.600 looks like, or half a cup. I know what three 149 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:54.279 cups of vegetables look like. So it's not because I'm 150 00:09:54.279 --> 00:09:57.840 afraid to stop. But right now it's teaching me, and 151 00:09:57.879 --> 00:10:00.879 it's helping me, and it's serving me, and it's create awareness. 152 00:10:01.919 --> 00:10:04.840 And someday maybe I don't need it, right, but today 153 00:10:04.960 --> 00:10:07.559 it's a tool and I'm not serving it. It's not 154 00:10:07.639 --> 00:10:13.080 my identity. And so do I take my tracker? Do 155 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:17.240 I take my tracker on my honeymoon? Oh heck no. 156 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:20.240 Did I keep a mental tally to make sure that 157 00:10:20.279 --> 00:10:25.320 I was eating protein with every meal? Absolutely? However I 158 00:10:25.399 --> 00:10:28.279 did not track one meal or one glass of wine 159 00:10:28.360 --> 00:10:31.799 or one margarita. Well, I was on my honeymoon, right, 160 00:10:32.240 --> 00:10:36.879 because this is the direction, knowing that when I got 161 00:10:36.919 --> 00:10:40.720 back on Saturday, that Sunday was going to be back 162 00:10:40.840 --> 00:10:43.120 into the direction. Right, we can go off course a 163 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:46.000 little bit, as long as we don't go way off right. 164 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:47.840 It's that slippery slope. We don't want to go too 165 00:10:47.919 --> 00:10:50.960 far down the hill. Right. So today it's a tool, 166 00:10:50.960 --> 00:10:56.600 but it's not my identity. And so that conversation really 167 00:10:56.639 --> 00:11:00.200 made me understand that maybe healthy people aren't the peaceeople 168 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:04.720 who finally arrived, right, Because I'm not sure that they 169 00:11:05.080 --> 00:11:11.159 people actually do. Maybe it's just people who keep choosing 170 00:11:12.039 --> 00:11:16.919 the direction that leads them towards the life that they want. Right. 171 00:11:17.840 --> 00:11:22.200 So all right, I'm already behind in my segment, So 172 00:11:23.080 --> 00:11:24.960 let's get going. I know that was my opening and 173 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:28.440 it was super long, but let's go. Okay, So hell's 174 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:31.039 really does begin with awareness, And again let's you know, 175 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:33.600 there's no shame, no guilt here. But over the last 176 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:38.200 few weeks, I've talked about the slow drift, right, and 177 00:11:38.360 --> 00:11:43.679 walking through mud and swimming against the current. Right. None 178 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:45.799 of that was to make you feel guilty or any 179 00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:50.639 of that. Right. This is really an invitation to awareness, 180 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:56.080 and awareness is not condemnation. Right. Awareness is an opportunity 181 00:11:57.279 --> 00:12:01.159 that you can change a direction you don't even know 182 00:12:02.360 --> 00:12:05.600 you were walking in. Like if you're not you can't 183 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:08.360 know what you don't know, right, you can't address a 184 00:12:08.440 --> 00:12:12.279 problem that you don't know exists. So for some of you, 185 00:12:12.279 --> 00:12:14.120 you might not have been you may not have even 186 00:12:14.200 --> 00:12:16.960 realized that your body has been adapting kind of in 187 00:12:17.039 --> 00:12:21.320 this negative spiral for a long time. And others may 188 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:25.639 have realized that you've been functioning on way less energy 189 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:29.639 than you thought you were. Right, some of you may 190 00:12:29.679 --> 00:12:34.159 have realized that you've allowed the current of culture to 191 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:39.080 determine your priorities. And those realizations are not failures by 192 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:44.120 any stretch of the imagination. Those are gifts. So awareness 193 00:12:44.159 --> 00:12:48.000 allows us to make different choices tomorrow than we made yesterday. 194 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:52.600 It was what I opened with, right, So like, what 195 00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:55.480 is your trajectory and what choices will you make in 196 00:12:56.039 --> 00:13:00.320 different choices to send you on a different trajectory? And 197 00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:03.879 isn't that what grace does for us? Right? God's grace 198 00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:07.480 opens our eyes, not so that we live in some 199 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:10.840 sort of regret, because we're forgiven, but so that we 200 00:13:10.919 --> 00:13:16.759 can move forward with wisdom. So awareness isn't where change ends. 201 00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:24.440 It's really a where change begins. Right, and health requires choices. 202 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:31.720 I know this doesn't happen by accident. Right, Healthy doesn't 203 00:13:31.720 --> 00:13:37.840 happen by accident. Nobody accidentally builds muscle, nobody accidentally builds 204 00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:41.159 emotional resilience. You may not be aware that you are. 205 00:13:42.840 --> 00:13:47.279 Nobody accidentally sleeps well, or develops a rich prayer life, 206 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:53.960 or becomes financially a wise or accidentally builds a healthy marriage. Right, 207 00:13:53.960 --> 00:13:58.240 we don't just stumble into that those All of those 208 00:13:58.279 --> 00:14:03.039 things are built through some intentional choices and not perfect. Right. 209 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:06.399 This is this is about failing and picking yourself back up. 210 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:09.639 And if one thing my son has taught me over 211 00:14:09.679 --> 00:14:13.919 the summer with progressive overload in the gym and weights 212 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:18.039 and those kind of things, is that failure is part 213 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:21.840 of the process because we learn from our failures. We 214 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:24.600 learn when we're in the valleys of life, not when 215 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:27.200 we're on the mountaintops when everything is going well. We 216 00:14:27.320 --> 00:14:30.200 learn through the hard stuff. And those failures can be 217 00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:34.000 hard or they can just be opportunities where I can say, Okay, 218 00:14:34.679 --> 00:14:37.320 I couldn't, you know, deadlift one hundred and ten pounds 219 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:40.279 last week, So I'm going to back off this week 220 00:14:40.279 --> 00:14:42.399 to one hundred and see how I do and then 221 00:14:42.440 --> 00:14:47.679 build back up. Right, And that's fine. It's just repeated choices, right, 222 00:14:47.799 --> 00:14:51.440 like casting a vote. This way, though, we're going to 223 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:55.759 move towards life instead of taking away from it. We're 224 00:14:55.759 --> 00:15:00.200 going to move towards growth instead of comfort, right, going 225 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:04.480 to move towards stewardship instead of like drifting, going with 226 00:15:04.519 --> 00:15:08.919 the flow and the current, and honestly, one decision rarely 227 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:11.240 changes anything. Okay, I'm going to clean out my entire 228 00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:14.200 fridge and my entire pantry and that's the way it's 229 00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:17.879 going to go, and we're going to do this thing. Right. Really, 230 00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:21.120 that's a great way to start if you really want to. 231 00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:26.600 You know, however, a week from now, you're going to 232 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:28.679 be like, Okay, where are those cookies? Go? I know 233 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:32.399 I knew I had cookies in here, your chips or 234 00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:36.320 whatever your thing is. So it's really about the thousands 235 00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:42.000 of decisions that change things over time, and there's going 236 00:15:42.039 --> 00:15:44.279 to be some some not so great decisions in the 237 00:15:44.279 --> 00:15:47.399 middle of all that. Right. So, healthy isn't just something 238 00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:51.840 that happens to you. It's something that you repeatedly choose 239 00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:56.440 until it's just this habit that is part of your life, 240 00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:59.879 like brushing your teeth or maybe if you're a coffee 241 00:15:59.919 --> 00:16:02.600 or drinker in the morning, like right, Like, that's just 242 00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:08.320 part of your daily rhythm, and choosing health becomes part 243 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:12.000 of that daily rhythm, and it's not. It becomes so 244 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:17.159 much easier over time when you can allow yourself to 245 00:16:17.200 --> 00:16:21.200 fail and get back up on the horse. Right, So 246 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:27.559 agency control what God has given you. Right, I think 247 00:16:27.639 --> 00:16:31.000 this is One of the greatest struggles of our culture 248 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:36.320 is that we spend an enormous amount of emotional energy 249 00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:41.039 on things that we cannot control. Right, we can't control 250 00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:47.399 the economy, politics, news, social media wars, other people's opinions. Hello, 251 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:51.039 there's a mirror for me on that one, right, other 252 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:57.080 people's choices, global events, the future, and the list. Honestly, y'all, 253 00:16:57.279 --> 00:16:59.960 you can add to that list until add infinitum. Right, 254 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:03.840 And yet it's really easy to become overwhelmed by all 255 00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:11.359 of these things over which we really have absolutely no authority. Meanwhile, 256 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:17.680 the things that God has actually entrusted us with our thoughts, right, 257 00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:23.039 renewal of our mind, our words, choices, right, what are 258 00:17:23.039 --> 00:17:25.079 we going to say? How are we going to respond? 259 00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:30.799 Our habits, Yes, it's hard to change them, Our sleep, 260 00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:36.599 our time, our movement, our food, m your fork doesn't 261 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:39.319 just pick itself up right, last time I checked, Magic's 262 00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:42.079 really not a thing. It did not just feed you 263 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:47.119 that whole entire Krispy Kreme donut or you know, keeln 264 00:17:47.200 --> 00:17:54.079 pie or whatever, right, right, Our relationships, our schedule right, 265 00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:59.519 And sometimes those things are the things that just end 266 00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:03.440 up in whatever time gets left over, instead of moving 267 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:05.759 to the top of the list. And these are things 268 00:18:05.759 --> 00:18:08.480 that you have authority over and things that you have 269 00:18:08.599 --> 00:18:11.839 control over. And we can take control over the things 270 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:14.720 that we have control over instead of trying to control 271 00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:17.039 a bunch of things or people that we really have 272 00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:21.440 zero control over. So and it really isn't about controlling 273 00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:26.519 everything at all. In fact, it's really faithfully understanding and 274 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:32.240 faithfully choosing and stewarding what actually belongs to you. So 275 00:18:32.319 --> 00:18:34.599 God never really asked any of us to fix the world, right, 276 00:18:34.640 --> 00:18:36.680 like that's his job, and he does that in the 277 00:18:36.799 --> 00:18:41.039 end if you're a believer. But what He has asked 278 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:45.200 us to do as believers and if you're not is 279 00:18:45.359 --> 00:18:51.680 just faithfully steward our little corner of life. And that's 280 00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:55.680 going to change everything. Right. Instead of asking how do 281 00:18:55.720 --> 00:19:01.839 I control my entire future? Ah, grabbing, grabbing, grabbing, pulling, pushing, pushing, pushing, 282 00:19:04.319 --> 00:19:08.599 take a breath, all you have to do is ask 283 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:13.680 what's the next faithful decision? Is it drinking some water 284 00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:17.799 in the middle of a podcast because you're thirsty. Is 285 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:21.720 it taking a walk maybe a cool off from an argument, 286 00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:26.119 or taking a time out. Maybe it's turning off the 287 00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:31.680 tv Netflix right, Maybe it's not binging. Maybe it's controlling 288 00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:33.839 to two shows or one show a night so that 289 00:19:33.880 --> 00:19:37.599 you have time for other things. Maybe it's just turning 290 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:41.240 lights out thirty minutes earlier so that you can wind down, 291 00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:45.640 light a candle, read a book. Maybe it's saying no 292 00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:50.440 to another commitment and really stewarding your time. Maybe it's 293 00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:54.519 spending that ten minutes of quiet time walking and just 294 00:19:54.559 --> 00:19:57.680 being with God, or sitting and praying. Right, those seem 295 00:19:57.799 --> 00:20:03.519 like little, tiny decisions, maybe even in significant, but over time, 296 00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:09.960 that's what changes the trajectory when those things become habits 297 00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:13.519 in your life. And this is what's going to bring 298 00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:20.799 you right. I take that breath. Peace grows when we 299 00:20:20.880 --> 00:20:26.480 release what isn't ours. Right, Peace grows when we release 300 00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:31.359 what isn't ours to control and faithfully steward those things 301 00:20:31.359 --> 00:20:38.400 that are under our control. All Right. Health is about becoming, 302 00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:41.279 And I know it took me a really long time 303 00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:46.519 to understand being as opposed to being a human doing right. 304 00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:51.319 And this is one of the biggest lessons that I'm 305 00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:56.039 still learning. Right, this is a trajectory, but I'm not 306 00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:59.799 becoming a woman who weighs a certain number anymore. I'm 307 00:20:59.839 --> 00:21:04.119 not trying to look a certain way because I'm never 308 00:21:04.160 --> 00:21:08.240 going to be five eight. I'm five four, right, so 309 00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:11.480 I'm not going to ever look like you know, the 310 00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:14.960 Instagram model. It's just never going to happen. I'm five four. 311 00:21:16.440 --> 00:21:19.119 I'm trying to become a woman who naturally lives a 312 00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:23.960 healthy life. That's a completely different goal, Like one is 313 00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:28.720 an outcome. One focuses on my identity, and healthy people 314 00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:32.319 don't constantly negotiate with themselves. They've already just decided, like 315 00:21:32.359 --> 00:21:35.759 I've just decided that movement is part of who I am, 316 00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:39.799 That preparing meals meal prep is just part of who 317 00:21:39.880 --> 00:21:43.079 I am, and nourishing my myself and those around me 318 00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:51.799 matters to me. Prioritizing sleep is because recovery matters. Continuing 319 00:21:51.880 --> 00:21:55.799 to learn like in seminary and functional medicine, and even 320 00:21:55.839 --> 00:22:01.240 for this podcast, right matters because growth matters, and your 321 00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:06.000 growth matters to me, and spending time with God, because 322 00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:10.319 I mean, honestly, that's where life comes from. So none 323 00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:13.960 of those begin with motivation. This all begins with identity, 324 00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:19.680 and every choice you make is casting a vote not 325 00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:23.079 just for better health, but for the kind of person 326 00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:28.279 that you are becoming. Right, every workout says, hey, I'm 327 00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:32.359 someone who values strength. Every meal says I'm becoming someone 328 00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:37.119 who nourishes rather than punishes my body. Every quality night 329 00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:43.240 of sleep, I'm becoming someone who values recovery. Right, and 330 00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:46.839 every time I pray it's I'm becoming someone who depends 331 00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:50.519 more and more on God. And one choice isn't going 332 00:22:50.599 --> 00:22:55.000 to change your life? Well it could, yes, it could. Actually, 333 00:22:55.400 --> 00:23:00.640 that's a different topic for another podcast, But thousands of choices. Eventually, 334 00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:04.319 your habits become your lifestyle, and your lifestyle shapes your character, 335 00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:08.839 and your character becomes your witness to your friends, to 336 00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:13.559 your family. And this is why stewardship matters so much, 337 00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:17.839 and stewardship matters so much to me because health isn't 338 00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:22.559 the ultimate goal. It's becoming more like Christ and being 339 00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:27.759 faithful in that pursuit. So health really just gives us 340 00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:32.400 greater capacity to live the calling that God has placed 341 00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:37.000 on our lives. So the goal isn't to build healthy habits. 342 00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:40.359 That's not it either, right, The goal is to become 343 00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:44.640 a healthy person living through those habits, and healthy habits 344 00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:48.599 are simply the evidence of who you are becoming. You 345 00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:54.200 become a different person. So back to stewardship. When Jesus 346 00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:58.400 talked about faithfulness, he rarely talked about the spectacular moments. Right, 347 00:23:58.519 --> 00:24:06.119 he talked about day bred. He talked about seeds, growing, talents, vines, sheep, 348 00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:13.279 small things, repeated faithfulness. That stewardship not dramatic, not glamorous. 349 00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:19.119 Let me tell you, food prep isn't always glamorous, right, faithfulness, 350 00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:23.920 sweatiness in the gym isn't glamorous. Glamorous. It's day after day, 351 00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:29.480 choice after choice, year after year, until one day you 352 00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:33.480 look back and you're like, like, WHOA, I have changed so 353 00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:37.079 much over the last year. Right, it is that one 354 00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:41.000 giant leap, It's just a bunch of faithful steps along 355 00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:44.160 the way. So over the last several weeks, we've talked 356 00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:49.519 about changing our foundations, recognizing that slow drift, recognizing that 357 00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:52.720 we've been walking through the mud and really learning how 358 00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:56.279 to swim against the current. And so this is the 359 00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:59.920 full circle. Right, Living fresh was never is never going 360 00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:04.480 to be about helping you reach a healthier destination. It's 361 00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:07.319 always been about helping you become a healthier person and 362 00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:13.440 getting you in that trajectory of health. Right, destinations can 363 00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:18.039 be reached, but becoming. Becoming is like is sanctification. Becoming 364 00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:20.880 is a lifelong journey. And some days, you know what, 365 00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:23.519 You're gonna fall back. You're gonna fall on your fanny, 366 00:25:24.119 --> 00:25:26.440 You're going to fail, and you're gonna get up and 367 00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:28.599 you're gonna dust that fanny off, and you're gonna take 368 00:25:28.599 --> 00:25:31.559 another step in that trajectory that you have made a 369 00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:35.519 commitment to yourself about. Right. God never asked us to 370 00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:41.079 be perfect, never never. He just said be faithful, one 371 00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:44.759 ordinary choice at a time, one act of stewardship at 372 00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:48.480 a time, one day at a time. So I'm gonna 373 00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:52.000 leave you one final thought, ish, because you know I 374 00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:54.960 like to ramble. But health is it measured by how 375 00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:58.319 close to perfection you are. It's measured by the direction 376 00:25:58.480 --> 00:26:02.119 that you're more than likely and more often than not 377 00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:08.839 choosing right. So choose that direction that leads you into 378 00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:12.720 that healthy life, and trust God with that journey, right, 379 00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:17.279 because we're here to renew our health. Right, We're going 380 00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:21.759 to trust that process that we've chosen right, and we're 381 00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:25.240 going to live in that whole thing by being renewed 382 00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:28.759 by grace. I love you, guys, and I will be 383 00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:31.599 back next week. I can't wait to figure out what 384 00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:33.640 we're going to be talking about next week. It's going 385 00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:36.680 to be new and different as always. Staying on the 386 00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:41.559 Living Fresh Collective and reach out, subscribe, hit like, share 387 00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:46.200 with your friends, Love you guys byeye. You've been listening 388 00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:49.240 to spark Faith with me, Doctor Chris Sargent. 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