Malnourished
Malnourished
"Faith is walking with God. The biggest problem with life is that it's just daily. You can never get so healthy that you don't have to continue to eat right... Spiritually, we're in much the same place... It's not what you did, and not what you say you're going to do, it's what you do today." - Rich Mullins
Lately, during this holiday season, I've found that while my body has been feasting, my spirit has been starving and weak. Like the Supersize Me guy, subsisting on a steady diet of the world has caused me to be more prone to irritability, more susceptible to sin, and more distant from God. I realized this morning that just missing a week in the Word and in prayer has severely impacted my ability to think upon heavenly things, to see with God's eyes, and to experience the joy and freedom that He offers. It's really not enough to go to church or listen to music with Christian content - without the Bread of Life, without Jesus, without recognizing my need on a daily basis, I will starve, and I will fall.
Spending time this morning re-memorizing Scripture verses that had already begun to dull in my memory after only a few days, and trying to express contrition to God through prayer, I began to experience some of the "peace that transcends all understanding" (ref. Phil 4:6-7) - and it's something I'm craving more and more. In my body, I'm generally a pretty health-conscious person. I pray that in my spirit, in my faith walk with Jesus, that I might be more disciplined in my diet (intake of spiritual "meat" and "bread") and exercise (working out my salvation and applying my faith).
While searching for the Mullins quote to open this post, I remembered that I had written on this topic before 3.5 years ago. Reading that post reminds me of perhaps a less-scarred version of myself - one that placed a higher priority on processing my life, identifying those teachable moments from God, and enjoying Him.
I think I'd like to get back to that.
"Faith is walking with God. The biggest problem with life is that it's just daily. You can never get so healthy that you don't have to continue to eat right... Spiritually, we're in much the same place... It's not what you did, and not what you say you're going to do, it's what you do today." - Rich Mullins
Lately, during this holiday season, I've found that while my body has been feasting, my spirit has been starving and weak. Like the Supersize Me guy, subsisting on a steady diet of the world has caused me to be more prone to irritability, more susceptible to sin, and more distant from God. I realized this morning that just missing a week in the Word and in prayer has severely impacted my ability to think upon heavenly things, to see with God's eyes, and to experience the joy and freedom that He offers. It's really not enough to go to church or listen to music with Christian content - without the Bread of Life, without Jesus, without recognizing my need on a daily basis, I will starve, and I will fall.
Spending time this morning re-memorizing Scripture verses that had already begun to dull in my memory after only a few days, and trying to express contrition to God through prayer, I began to experience some of the "peace that transcends all understanding" (ref. Phil 4:6-7) - and it's something I'm craving more and more. In my body, I'm generally a pretty health-conscious person. I pray that in my spirit, in my faith walk with Jesus, that I might be more disciplined in my diet (intake of spiritual "meat" and "bread") and exercise (working out my salvation and applying my faith).
While searching for the Mullins quote to open this post, I remembered that I had written on this topic before 3.5 years ago. Reading that post reminds me of perhaps a less-scarred version of myself - one that placed a higher priority on processing my life, identifying those teachable moments from God, and enjoying Him.
I think I'd like to get back to that.
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