Our physical health has a great deal of influence on how our days play out and we are very cognizant of when our bodies just aren't right. We spend a lot of time, money, and energy keeping ourselves healthy and getting our bodies back to health when we're sick or hurt.
My friend Tyler made a good point the other day as we were discussing our past lives as athletes. We used to spend at least 2 hours a day practicing during season to become the best basketball, football, or baseball players we could be. Nobody blinked an eye at such an idea and practice. Yet, when it comes to training our bodies on a spiritual level, we fail to take the time to get ourselves into the best shape possible.
I guess we can come to a few conclusions using these observations.
- We believe that our physical bodies have a greater effect on our everyday lives than our spiritual lives do. Were this not true of us, we would spend more time training our spiritual bodies
- We find greater value in our physical bodies than in our spirit. We see very tangible results when we feed our physique. We can look in the mirror and know that our work has paid off. Our spiritual results are not as tangible although they are recognizable.
- We have separated the spiritual from the physical. This Greek approach has infiltrated our Western society causing us to no longer see how the two are one. In Hebrew culture, the physical and spiritual didn't exist. They were one and the same. We've managed to divide them and place greater emphasis on the physical.
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That'll preach. Why not a series on spiritual/physical fitness? If not you, I'll steal (borrow) the idea.
See you Friday.
Wow! I really never put a lot of thought in comparing the physical to the spiritual in that perspective. You're absolutely right! And we wonder why we "never hear God speak to us" or why can't I live a better Christian life? This is going to my Sunday School class for a bit of discusion. Cool!
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