How
is your health? Overall, most people consider themselves to be fairly healthy.
They do think that they could stand to lose a few pounds, probably because they
enjoy occasional fast food lunch; but overall..healthy! If we were totally
honest with ourselves, most of us are not in as good of health as we could be. Also
have you noticed that people even go in denial when the doctor says they have
health concerns that need to be addressed? No one likes to be told that they
ear poorly or that they are overweight. So why is it that an unhealthy person
would consider themselves healthy when they just aren’t? Don’t we do the same
thing with our spiritual life? If a survey were to be conducted, most people
believe they are going to heaven. Oh, they could stand to read their Bible
more, attend a few more worship services, and they do dabble in a few things
that may be considered sinful; but overall…YES, WE ARE GOING TO HEAVEN! How is
it possible that the road to destruction is wide and the majority will travel
it, yet only a handful of people will admit they are lost? In both cases, the
only person we are fooling is our self! The Bible told us that there would come
a day when unhealthy people would consider themselves healthy, and unspiritual people
would consider themselves spiritual. Paul said “For the time is coming when
people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears; they will
accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn
away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths” (2 Timothy 4. 3-4).
The word “sound” in the Greek simply means “healthy”. So today, be honest with
yourself. How “healthy” are you?
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