I’ve been having some interesting bouts with my health over the past few weeks. Of course, I didn’t need anyone – like a doctor – to check me out, I could handle it myself, right? Wrong! It came to a dramatic conclusion this past Sunday evening when, for the second time in a week, I totally blacked out and smacked the floor with my head – ouch! After 15 stiches in my chin and another 9 in my right eyebrow, the doctors told me what was wrong. I had a very low magnesium count. By not taking care of myself and due to some intestinal problems I’ve been fighting, I managed to become very dehydrated. After about 4 hours of IV’s, things were back to normal and I was fine – except for the pain and stiches in my chin and eyebrow!
It’s amazing to me how something as small and seemingly insignificant as magnesium could cause such a tremendous negative effect on the body. One little chemical had thrown my entire system out of whack!
That’s a lot like sin, you know? Sin that we tolerate in our lives and justify it by saying, “It’s just a little thing.” Can so easily trip us up and throw our spiritual system out of whack as well. Is there anything that you’ve been tolerating in your life that you know is wrong? Some sin that you may think, “Is not hurting anybody” could be hurting you in ways more significant than you realize. Paul said in Romans 12:1,2 “…let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith…” I’m not saying we have to be perfect – that’s impossible. But when we tolerate sinful living and get tangled up in the web of sin, even if it seems “just a little thing”, we can trip and fall. Don’t get banged up spiritually because you have something out of balance in your walk with the Lord.
