Spiritually Overweight
Posted Thu, 05/26/2011 - 12:00am by Susan Huey
Devotional Story:
My puppy, Jack, got his cast off on Saturday. I was so excited for Jack to be free from the humongous cast which seemed to weigh him down at times. I held my breath, praying he would be able to walk and not fall. As Jack came toward me, I noticed right away he did not use all four legs. He hopped on three, holding up the other.
The cast had held his leg in place for so long; Jack’s muscles were weak. When muscles are not used, over time they lose their strength and tone. To build up the muscle again, can take a long time. This is not an overnight process.
Thought for the week:
Almost instantly I heard God saying to me, Christians who continually feed, but never take action are just like Jack. They do not have any strength or tone in their spiritual muscles. When I start to move, some Christians can get left behind, because they are out of shape. Are you spiritually out of shape? If you only read the scriptures, and listen to the sermons, but do not what you learn put into practice your muscles may be weak.
Prayer:
God thank you for sending your son to this earth to do life with us. Help me find people to do life with. Jesus, I thank you for being the perfect example to me. Give me courage not compare myself to other people only to you. Holy Spirit thank you for nudging me and gently guiding me. Teach me let others into my life and to be real with them once they are there.
Scripture:
James 1:22-25
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man, who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does.
Challenge:
Put action in your faith.