I’ve been trying to lose some of my “preacher figure” in the mid-section (where all the awesome meals my wife cooks and every potluck casserole seems to stick). Mountain biking has helped to release some of the fat covering my abs, but it’s more than just exercise. If I ride 10 miles through the woods at Land Between the Lakes, and then come home and eat 3,000 calories worth of junk…it doesn’t really help me get rid of my fat belly. It’s has to be a combination of action plus discipline (and I can hear my wife saying, “Stop drinking your calories, then.”)
Anyway, I weigh more right now than I ever have before (210 pounds), but it doesn’t really hit you until you see yourself in a picture or on video. That reality forces you to examine your habits of life. And it’s the same way in our Christian living. Sometimes we don’t see how lazy and lax we have become until we stop and notice the person we’ve turned into. We begin to perceive that the things we used to do at church…we don’t do anymore. We may realize that we’ve lost interest in doing things for others or studying more about God, and we just focus on ourselves.
It’s a slow process. It took about 3 years for me to go from 190 to 210...that’s less than a pound a month, but over time…it really shows up. Over time…our choice to serve self over God (and serving self over others) will show up. Whether it be missing church services, or failing to go to Bible study, or we simply stop praying…when we don’t examine where we are in our spiritual life, it’s only a matter of time until our lives becomes swollen with stuff…and there’s no room for God (II Corinthians 13:5). So, check your spiritual diet, and examine what your soul has become. Change your habits, if need be, but do something to get your spiritual life in shape
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