Part 2: God Designed Your Body for Seasons, Not Extremes

In Part 1, we talked about how every diet has a breaking point.

You can’t live on one meal plan forever. Carnivore, keto, fasting, high-protein — each one might help for a time, but if you never pivot, you get stuck, inflamed, and exhausted.

Your body was made to adapt.
God designed it that way. ✨

God built seasons into everything.

We see it in creation:
🌱 Spring brings new growth.
☀️ Summer brings abundance.
🍂 Fall brings a slower pace.
❄️ Winter brings rest.

This wasn’t just poetic — it was practical.
Animals instinctively shift with the seasons. Ancient humans did too, not because of diet plans, but because that’s all they had access to.

Now? We live in seasonal disobedience.
We eat summer fruit in the dead of winter.
We stay up late with artificial light when the sun says sleep.
We fast year-round, as if it were always winter.
We gorge year-round like it’s always harvest.

In doing so, we’re not just breaking our biology, we’re ignoring God's design.

Even in harvest, God commands rest.

That line — “in plowing time and in harvest” — is everything.
Even in the most productive seasons, God said stop. Rest.
Because rest isn't a break from progress.
Rest is part of progress.

You can’t burn the candle year-round — not in your workouts, your food intake, your fasting, or your personal growth.
Even your mitochondria need recovery. So does your nervous system. So does your soul.

God’s people weren’t just called to rest weekly; they had Sabbath years and jubilees built into their calendar.
He designed cycles of reset, not just routine.

Constant output is a control issue, not a discipline issue.

Let’s be honest, the reason most people refuse to rest or rotate is fear.

Fear that if they stop, they’ll lose progress.
Fear that easing off means backsliding.
Fear that if they aren’t controlling every variable, everything will fall apart.

But rhythm requires trust.
Trust in your body. Trust in God's design.
Trust that you're not the one keeping it all together — He is.

When you never rest, when you refuse to adapt, when you live like it's always "go" time, you're not showing faith. You're showing control.

Health isn’t about rigidity. It’s about rhythm. 🔄

You were made in the image of a God who created order, cycles, and wisdom, not endless hustle or one-size-fits-all solutions.

Yes, be disciplined.
Yes, pursue excellence.
But do it in a way that honors the season you’re in.

Your body needs variety.
Your soul needs rest.
And your health needs rhythm.

And that rhythm won’t look the same for everyone.
Some people live in places with four distinct seasons. Others (like me, here in Scottsdale, Arizona) have more sun and warmth year-round. Your geography shapes your biology. So does your stress, your schedule, and your season of life.

That’s why in Part 3, we’ll get practical, not just with seasons on the calendar, but with the real seasons you’re living in right now.

You’ll learn how to rotate your diet intentionally, just like your ancestors did. You’ll stop chasing rigid perfection and start building long-term resilience.

See you in Part 3!