Body Buffet

   The all powerful focus on the flesh, it is of course how we gauge the state of our life.   “Are we healthy?” is a very good question.    And of course the request for healing is a sound reason to come before the Master.   But He also tells us not to focus on the flesh.   Our society truly places physique in the category of worship.   There is so much attention paid to our sex/youth culture that we cannot really avoid its influence.   We all prefer to be attractive, and the statistics prove the advantage this has in the career markets.   But what of this as we come to a time to seek out God?   What must we do to negate the incredible focus on bod-beautiful as we come before Him?   Have we got the discipline to turn this stuff off when we come?   

And if we suffer from a lack in this area what then?    Or damage, or a million other “abnormalities” that grow larger in number as our definition of perfection narrows the bell curve? What then of our time with Him?   Our focus can be consumed, can be all on the physical and even worse, all on our personal physical obsessions.     We are weak but he is strong.   And one who has endured physical testing of disease, or decay, or any manor of sub-desirable condition and still come through to Him with an indomitable spirit that soars to his heart -- these are the blessed in deed.

 

If the rich man has difficulty with the kingdom of heaven I would think the beautiful one has close to the same amount of struggle.

What’s in your Worship?

 

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