3 John 2-4

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul. For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

John attaches health to truth, “as it [good health] goes well with your soul.” John enjoys a word play letting ‘walking in truth’ and health be reminder that truth is active.

Being healthy is good for one’s soul. A signs of health is living vibrantly; no better way to do that than to walk in truth. The truth of Christ compels us to be active and engaged.

Truth is opposed to filth, therefore moving toward truth will cut garbage our of our lives. In Christ there is no time for worry, no time for idleness (anyone who takes their hand off the plow). These actions are the antithesis of an unhealthy lifestyle.

If we are going to walk the talk, we actually have to walk.