Right now as I type this blog on my Blackberry Lacy and I are watching one of our only TV addictions, The Biggest Loser. Such an inspirational show. Its amazing to see the contestants on the show wake up and realize what they have done to their bodies.
They literally ate and defiled their bodies for so long that eating bad had become the norm. There was a part on the show where the doctors actually showed the contestants what was going on inside their bodies. How all the pounds they had put on their bodies was killing them. They were brought to tears because they had no idea what they were doing to themselves.
One of my favorite parts of tonight’s show was when they showed a five hundred pound man how bad his weight really was when they took a normal sized man and put on three hundred pounds of weights on his body to represent the three hundred pounds of fat this overweight man was carrying on his frame.
Once the three hundred pounds of weight was applied to the normal man, he was shocked. He looked at the five hundred pound man and asked,”How can you live like this?” To the overweight man, he had lived with the pain of dragging around that weight so long that it was normal to him. But to the normal sized man, it was almost unbearable.
The sin in our lives that we accumulate is the exact same as the fat weight on the Biggest Loser. Like the contestants on the show, we partake in sinful actions because at the moment, just like eating junk food, it feels good. So we continue chasing what feels good for the moment. Not realizing what its actually doing to us inside. Not realizing how its affecting our souls.
We don’t realize the weight of sin and the hurt that it can cause. Its not until we actually decide to turn to Christ and let Him wash our sins clean that we realize the freedom in His grace that we were killing ourselves.
Every new year the number one resolution people make is to lose weight. But I challenge you, if you are spiritually overweight…dragging around regret and living in a diet of your sins, why not resolve to change things on the inside. This new year let Jesus give you new food to feed on. He is the bread and living water that we need.
Foods with chemical additives taste great. But they are terrible for us. Again, sin is no different. There was a part on the show in which one of the trainers who only was used to eating healthy foods and vegetables had to eat a junk food meal that was normal to one of the contestants. It made the trainer sick. Thats how sin should be to us as Christians. We should be so close to Christ in our walk that sin makes us sick. How will your life change this year? Will you resolve to rid your life of the spiritual junk food that hinders your relationship with Jesus? Let Jesus be your trainer this year, and experience life at a greater level.
An Extraordinary Life 