1 Timothy 4:8 For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.
Doctors check a patient’s vital signs—temperature, pulse, respiration rate, and blood pressure—to assess and monitor overall health. Checking the vital signs help the practitioners diagnose and determine the course of treatment for the patient.
High body temperature indicates a bacterial or viral infection or inflammation but the root cause of the fever must be identified. Abnormal respiratory rate could indicate anxiety, asthma, pneumonia or even heart failure. High blood pressure is a silent killer that could indicate heart disease, stroke or kidney damages. Likewise, examining the vital signs of our spiritual man is extremely important for a healthy spiritual life. As a daily exercise we must examine the mind, mood and mouth and cleanse it with the divine detergent of the blood of Jesus.
The same vital tests must be performed to determine the spiritual condition of our inner man. Jesus is our Divine Physician and His Word is the antidote to all spiritual conditions. If the soul is infected by hurt, inflamed by insults or guilt of the past, the soul will be weakened and stigmatized. Worldly worries and materialism will contaminate the heart with envy and pride causing irregular spiritual heartbeat. The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world (1 John 2:16). Likewise hoarding unforgiveness, offense and resentment are like plaque blocking God’s love and elevating the pressure of the spiritual heart.
Perform daily health-checks on the spiritual man and check your vital signs.
Spiritual Health-Checks:
1. Body Temperature: Heal the heart from the infection of hurt, shame or stigma with the blood of Jesus.
2. Breathing Rhythm: Trusting and resting on God’s promises and faithfulness will maintain a normal breathing rhythm of our spiritual heart.
3. Blood Pressure: The blood pressure of our spiritual heart is measured by the quickness to forgive and apologize. As regular exercises and healthy lifestyle controls the blood pressure of the body, humility and godliness stabilizes the spiritual BP.
Keep your spiritual man healthy and hearty.
Prayer: Father God, Help my spiritual man to grow in healthy, brawly and godly every day. Amen.
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