Expect Good Health

Not long ago there was a water main break on our street, leaving us without water for a few hours. No big deal...until I wanted to wash my hands. 

As each hour passed, my aggravation began to build. I took a breath and in my usual contemplative fashion, proceeded to peel back the layers. I discovered that my feelings stemmed from an unmet expectation. I expected water and the fact that I didn’t have it threw me into a frenzy. 

You know, it’s so easy for us to expect simple things like running water and electricity, yet when it vanishes we are taken aback. How dare a water main break just as I'm about to get dinner started? 

It’s silly when you think about it, but there’s a lesson built into this modern day, first-world problem. We expect running water, but how about good health? 

Do you expect good health?

Do you believe good health is possible for you? Do you expect it? If not, perhaps that’s the reason you aren’t experiencing it.

Stay with me here because there’s some real evidence to back up the power of your mind to influence your health. It’s called epigenetics, or the study of external and environmental factors that turn your genes on and off, ultimately defining how your cells read those genes. 

This should fill you with hope and excitement, because perhaps for the first time in your life, you are being introduced to the very real idea that you are not a victim of your genetics.

And furthermore, just because everyone in the office has a nasty cold, doesn’t mean you have to catch it too. 

Mind over body

According to Dr. Bruce Lipton, cell biologist and author of The Biology of Belief:

Instead of the widely held, largely deterministic belief among biologists about genetics, namely that our genes “control” or “determine” us, it is rather the case that our genes respond to cues in their environment, such as one’s experience and perception of, or beliefs regarding your own life. 

He goes on to say:

Your thoughts adjust the brain’s control of the blood, which in turn controls the fate of the cells … mind over body!

Do you realize what this means? If you aren’t experiencing the health that you deserve, you must change your mind and expect it! 

So how does this translate into better health? A simple flip in perception will bring about subtle changes in how you live your life. For example, expecting a clean bill of health at your annual checkup will prompt you to make small, yet powerful choices in alignment with good health, such as taking a daily walk, drinking more water, and eating vegetables.

On the other hand, if you already have it in the cards that your blood pressure is going to be high, why would you do anything to prevent it? You won’t! 

Become a witness to your thoughts and beliefs

All I’m asking you to do is become a witness to your thoughts and see what you discover. Do you constantly expect the worst? Do you expect to get diabetes because your mother has it and, after all, it’s “in the genes?”  

Listen to the words you speak.

Do you complain about every ache, pain, and sniffle to anyone who will listen? Or maybe you don’t even have a sniffle, but you totally expect it because Sally in the next cubicle is hacking up her left lung and you just know you’re going to catch whatever she’s got. 

By the way, please don’t be surprised when you catch Sally’s cold, you were expecting it after all!

Give yourself the gift of positive expectations

It’s time to shake things up! Rather than go down that same old tired rabbit hole of doom and gloom (which NEVER feels good), how about you begin expecting good things for your health instead? 

How about practicing positive expectations so frequently that the object of your expectation becomes as natural as water flowing from the faucet with the touch of your hand? 

One thing I know for sure is that when you think thoughts that make you feel good, those are thoughts from God. And the good news is, you have 100% control over the thoughts you think, so stay alert and choose the God ones. Let Him in and watch what happens. 

Good health is a gift.

It begins in your mind.

To enjoy it for the long haul, you must expect it at all times, even when outward appearances say otherwise. Faith (and fresh veggies 😉 🥕) works miracles. 

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Hebrews 11.1 KJV