The Ultimate Diet (HT RZIM!)
No, this is not a post about making an idol out of food. (Although that does remind me that I haven’t posted about that topic for awhile, have it? Hmmmmmmmm … I’ll try to remember to do that. It’s been a fairly sweet season of not being at my WORST regarding this habitual temptation to sin but not being “perfectly” disciplined either. Kind of like life, eh?)
ANYWAY … this post is an encouragement for you all to pop on over to Ravi Zacharias Ministries (“RZIM”) and read a recent Slice of Infinity:
The Ultimate Diet (by J.M. Njoroge)
Oh my! But the opening illustration is (appropriately) disturbing! But the entire essay is such a well-written reminder for us all that I urge you to check it out.
I’ll tempt you with just a few lines:
“The problem is that many consistent churchgoers do not have a comprehensive, steadfast biblical foundation for their faith. The rugged discipline of critical, theological reflection for a mature application of the faith in all aspects of life has all but vanished from some of our pulpits, and, as a result, many in our churches are defenseless against the onslaught of worldviews, behaviors and other cultural trends inimical to our faith …
In stark contrast, the apostle Paul envisions a church community in which gifted leaders equip God’s people towards unity and maturity in their knowledge of Christ so that they (the people) can do the work of the ministry. If we run the church this way, “we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming” (Ephesians 4:14). The Christian life is neither a call to legalism nor a call to lawlessness; it is a call to true, lasting transformation of the whole person …
If we don’t learn to feed properly and consistently on the reality of God’s Kingdom delineated in his Word, we leave ourselves quite vulnerable to the never-tiring enemy of our souls whose time-tested skills at feeding unprotected, hungry mouths are unequalled.”
Oh! How I love this daily devotional. It is the ONLY one I subscribe to. (Who has time to read one more thing? I do for this!)
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OK–off to the gym and then onto church! Ahhhhh, Sunday. The best day of the week!
Yours,
Tara B.