Health circles in the United States talk openly about the so-called Super-Immunity Foods. The idea is that if a person eats for health instead of due to stress, social pressure, or addiction, a person's overall physical condition will improve. Eating nutrient dense foods strengthens our bodies instead of depleting them. These foods supply much needed nutrition to our immune systems enabling them to fight off pathogens and other toxins inherent with our polluted world. In short, the better the food the better the chances the body has of maintaing a strong immune system.
Having been deathly ill myself in 2011, I recognize the enormous value in this kind of holistic approach. We are what we eat. And if the food we eat is dead, stripped of enzymes and nutritional content, or even worse full of toxins such as preservatives, food colorings, and other strange chemicals that we can't even pronounce then we are eventually headed for trouble. At some point toxins will produce systemic toxicity- the bedrock of disease.
The purpose of this blog though isn't to discuss physical eating habits; it's to discuss spiritual ones. I'm continually amazed at the average Christian's spiritual diet. It consists mostly of junk foods- sporadic munchies consumed when the famished cry of the soul finally rises higher than the other pursuits and distractions that monopolize our time and attention. The end result? We have greatly weakened and sometimes almost non-existent spiritual immune systems.
How does this break-down practically? In essence, temptation comes our way and we cave almost immediately lacking the spiritual backbone necessary to stand strong. Of course, everyone around us is doing the same thing- after all, compromise is in vogue these days. It's justified, tolerated, and sometimes even celebrated by some of the foremost pulpits of the land. Yet, deep down inside our hearts ache knowing that this can't be the life that Jesus died to give us.
Something is terribly wrong when hypocrisy is considered normal. That would be like saying "being chronically sick is the best you can expect in life." If this is the case, why go to the doctor? Why have health insurance? It would be totally non-sensical. Life gets really old when illness instead of wholeness is our constant companion. Again, I'm speaking from personal experience: I was physically ill for 10 months. Compromise is worst in the life of the person practicing it whether they admit it or not, they are secretly miserable. They know that things should be different.
Thankfully, there were certain activities and foods I was able to implement during my illness that boosted my immune system. Today I'm healthier than I have been in over decade.
Certain spiritual parallels exist in this area of boosting our spiritual immune systems. We don't have to be chronically compromised living a wishy-washy, half-hearted Christian existence. We can be strong, vital, robust, and healthy! We can have Spiritual Super-Immunity. This is Christ's desire for us. I will share some thoughts along these lines over the next several days. Stay tuned. And watch your diet closely.
Having been deathly ill myself in 2011, I recognize the enormous value in this kind of holistic approach. We are what we eat. And if the food we eat is dead, stripped of enzymes and nutritional content, or even worse full of toxins such as preservatives, food colorings, and other strange chemicals that we can't even pronounce then we are eventually headed for trouble. At some point toxins will produce systemic toxicity- the bedrock of disease.
The purpose of this blog though isn't to discuss physical eating habits; it's to discuss spiritual ones. I'm continually amazed at the average Christian's spiritual diet. It consists mostly of junk foods- sporadic munchies consumed when the famished cry of the soul finally rises higher than the other pursuits and distractions that monopolize our time and attention. The end result? We have greatly weakened and sometimes almost non-existent spiritual immune systems.
How does this break-down practically? In essence, temptation comes our way and we cave almost immediately lacking the spiritual backbone necessary to stand strong. Of course, everyone around us is doing the same thing- after all, compromise is in vogue these days. It's justified, tolerated, and sometimes even celebrated by some of the foremost pulpits of the land. Yet, deep down inside our hearts ache knowing that this can't be the life that Jesus died to give us.
Something is terribly wrong when hypocrisy is considered normal. That would be like saying "being chronically sick is the best you can expect in life." If this is the case, why go to the doctor? Why have health insurance? It would be totally non-sensical. Life gets really old when illness instead of wholeness is our constant companion. Again, I'm speaking from personal experience: I was physically ill for 10 months. Compromise is worst in the life of the person practicing it whether they admit it or not, they are secretly miserable. They know that things should be different.
Thankfully, there were certain activities and foods I was able to implement during my illness that boosted my immune system. Today I'm healthier than I have been in over decade.
Certain spiritual parallels exist in this area of boosting our spiritual immune systems. We don't have to be chronically compromised living a wishy-washy, half-hearted Christian existence. We can be strong, vital, robust, and healthy! We can have Spiritual Super-Immunity. This is Christ's desire for us. I will share some thoughts along these lines over the next several days. Stay tuned. And watch your diet closely.
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