The enemy targets human beings with isolation and self-destruction. In Mark chapter five, Scripture describes a man living among tombs in the region of the Gadarenes.

"And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones."Mark 5:5 (NKJV)

Notice three characteristics of his condition: he was isolated, he was stripped of dignity, and he was physically harming his own body. When a person separates from the corporate body of Christ, vulnerability to deception increases.

Your physical body is valuable to God. The apostle Paul clarifies that the physical frame of a believer is a dwelling place for the Holy Spirit.

"Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's."1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NKJV)

God takes responsibility for maintaining His temple. When you honor your body by avoiding self-destructive habits and staying in fellowship, divine health and rest follow.

Honoring your physical body as God's temple produces lasting health and stability.