I've
been reading health books lately—The Gluten Effect, Metabolism
Miracle, Seven Layers of Health—plus visiting a plethora of
websites discussing health issues. And the bottom line is, to be healthy, we must
fill up with good food and
clean water.
For
too long I've taken a fast-food approach to home cooking. I call a
cake made from a box a homemade dessert. Instant potatoes? Definitely
a home-cooked entrée. Soup from a can? Yes! Kind of makes me cringe.
What it really comes down to, if it doesn't come from the earth—or
a tree—or a healthy living animal (I do eat meat) it isn't the best
choice.
Most
health books are shouting out a universal message: we need
to eat better! Too much bad
stuff is happening to the food we buy at the grocery store. I've got
to fill myself with healthy, living food—or I'll continue to suffer
the consequences.
And
then, just as quickly, my mind dashes off to an important
correlation. While food intake can make a startling difference
between me feeling great or not, what I fill my inner self with is
dramatically affecting my soul's inner strength, stamina, and well-being. What
do I fill myself with? What programs and movies am
I inhaling? What talk am I participating in that fills me with anger,
frustration, or stress? Are the things I read, watch, and spend my
time doing beneficial to my spiritual growth? And will a quick meal of worship and hearing a word on
Sunday morning be enough to feed me and make me strong throughout the week? Is it the
kind of good-stuff nutrition I
need to walk through my life? Or is the quickie Sunday morning stuff kind of like fast
food?
We
need to fill up with
the good stuff.
To
live strong as a believer I need
to fill myself with the fullness of the Lord in my house, in my own
closet place, throughout the day, before I go to sleep, and the first
thing when I wake up in the morning. To know Him personally, I need
to be filled with His
anointing oil—the best oil in His kingdom—and let it seep into my
pores, into my bloodstream, and heart.
Did you realize, if you divide your body weight in half, that's how much water, in ounces, you should be drinking a day? That's a lot of water! Our bodies are made up of about 60% water, and our blood is over 90% water. Impressive. We must daily replenish this supply.
And so it is, for our minds to be renewed, our hearts to be recharged, our lives to be changed, we need to fill ourselves with Jesus daily, to rest at our Father's feet daily, to be filling up with the Holy Spirit's presence daily.
A little taste of healthy eating isn't enough. We have to be radical about it if we want to see a vibrant change in our body. And so it is in the spirit. A little spiritual fast food won't suffice.
We need
more. I
need more.
More,
Lord.
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