TheBETTERLife Post
Week of February 23-28, 2015
BROKEN HEART - THE #1 ENEMY TO GOOD HEALTH
The secret to a healthy body and soul is a STRONG SPIRIT. The strength of the spirit will determine if a sick person will get well or get worse and if a healthy person will stay healthy or fall sick.
"The spirit of a man will sustain him in his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?" Proverbs 18:14
Many do not realize that the wound of the spirit is a more serious matter than the wound of the body. It is and should not be taken lightly because sickness and wellness depend upon it.
For example, a strong spirit sustains a person in times of sickness and gets him out of bed quicker but a broken spirit dries up the bones and ties the person to his sick bed for much longer. Yes, every sickness may not be caused by a broken spirit but a broken spirit will ensure that sickness does not go away.
It is the spirit of a man controls the wellness of his body.
As a result of this important link between the strength of our spirit and our wellness, our ultimate health goal should be STRENGTH in the inner man which is by the Spirit of might. It is a wise health choice to do everything needed to remain strong in spirit at all times.
Yes, I said at all times because there will be times when we feel helpless and unwilling to put back the pieces of a broken heart particularly those times when the wound of the spirit is proving hard to heal:
- Times when you want to laugh but you have to cry because your heart bleeds uncontrollably.
- Times when the pains of regret and guilt refuse to go away and you wish helplessly that you could turn back the hand of the clock and do it all over again.
- Times when the departure of a loved one leaves a hole in our hearts that are impossible to fill.
But by far the most severe and incurable wound of the spirit [and everyone must dread and avoid this] is the wound of the spirit that results from the LOSS of TIME and LIFE. This is when a person gets to the end of the road of life and realizes that he has travelled the wrong path all along; that he missed the perfect plan of God for his life because he chose to follow his own path that seemed good at first but eventually led to eternal death. Apart from this kind of broken heart, all other wounds of the spirit can be healed by strengthening the inner man and keeping the spirit strong:
1. CHOOSE JOY. Joy is a characteristic of a strong spirit. It is triggered from within by the willpower and has nothing to do with the prevailing circumstances. Anyone can be happy when things go well but only the believer can be truly joyful because only God has key the wellspring of joy that flows from within our spirit.
Yes, triggering the flow of joy from within may require a harder priming in some cases than others but choosing to be joyful is possible when we cooperate with the Holy Spirit that resides within us as believers.
Choose today to be joyful always and ask the Holy Spirit our Comforter to help you. "A joyful heart is good medicine, But a broken spirit dries up the bones" Proverbs 17:22.
2. CHOOSE LOVE.
Nothing ruins a person's health like bitterness, resentment and unforgiveness. Yes, insensitive and cruel people are all around us and there are legitimate offences and disappointments that emanate from them. However, if your health is important to you, you will choose rather to love and forgive than to hold a grudge. Not only because failure to love and forgive would mean disobedience to God who owns your breathe but also because prolonged bitterness is a suicide pill that only fools are willing to swallow to their death.
Choose today to love all men as much as possible and forgive everyone who has wronged you so that your prayers will not be hindered. Jesus taught us "When you stand to pray, forgive. If you forgive others when they sin against you your Heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins" Mark 11:25, Matt. 6:14-15.
3. CHOOSE FAITH.
Fear opens the door to sickness and diseases but faith closes the door and raises strong barrier to sickness and diseases. When we loose confidence we loose health because confidence is a characteristic of a strong spirit. But how do people build or break down inner confidence?
The simple answer lies in PEOPLE and GOD.
Most of the things that rob us of joy and love surround people and God - not satan per se for the devil is powerless without the cooperation of man. We are either joyful and loving or hating and revenging because of what we know/feel that people and God did or did not do.
Choose today to believe and fear not. No matter what happens, be like the wise one who will not "cast away his inner confidence of great reward" because of disappointments in people and God. Wise people know that although humans are sometimes fallible and the ways of God are most times unfathomable, there are yet people who are reliable and God is forever dependable. Darkness and disappointment may come but the man who puts his trust in God will never be broken even if all men fail.
Why? Because though we can't figure it all out right now we know that it is impossible for God to lie
"For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts" Isaiah 55:9
It may not make sense now but for sure, it will make sense in the end. Bye and bye we will understand why God did what his did and did not do what he did not do.
Till then, keep the faith. Trust God always and enjoy good health while the time ticks and the end of days draws closer.
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