“But reject irreverent, silly myths. Instead, train yourself for godliness. For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.”
About 185 million American’s will attempt to diet this year. We will spend 30 billion dollars on gym memberships and will purchase countless nutritional supplements in pursuit of physical health.
That’s good. However, this verse says there is something better.
Let’s compare our vigilance regarding physical health - to our attentiveness monitoring what our soul consumes, and our daily spiritual training.
Isn’t it odd that we count calories and micromanage every meal, while consuming junk media, starving ourselves from scripture, and allowing toxic, immoral images into our mind each day?
How have we arrived at a point where we are hypersensitive about GMO’s in our national diet, and yet tolerate our children being fed dishonest and illogical information in the classroom?
We are fanatical about our physical wellbeing and have disregarded our souls. It is as if we have become obsessed with the paint job of the car while utterly ignoring the condition of the engine.
What if you changed that and began looking inward? How would your thought life be impacted by eliminating pornographic communications? Would your mood change if your entertainment wasn’t filled with violence and depravity? What would happen to your anxiety if you stopped binging on news designed to frighten and control you?
We have been lulled to sleep… Not making these changes is the spiritual equivalent of eating every meal at Krispy Kreme and thinking we’re going to lose weight.
God’s word instructs us to reject harmful input. Open your Bible and meditate on scripture focusing on “whatever is true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent and praiseworthy” (Phil 4:8). Think about the impact on your life if you actually did that.
Eating right helps your body become healthy, fight off illness, and function at a high level. Your soul responds the same way.
Begin your spiritual training today. Watch what you allow into your soul and exercise your spiritual muscles with prayer and Bible study. That will not only be beneficial for this life – but for the one to come as well.
“You are what you eat.’ And that fact applies infinitely more to your soul than it does your body.”
― Craig Lounsbrough
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